Patents by Inventor Herbert Dawid
Herbert Dawid 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: 8351488Abstract: A receiver, includes a plurality of antennas to receive radio signals from a plurality of transmission paths, and a plurality of sets of RAKE fingers to generate first signals. Each set of RAKE fingers is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of antennas, and a weighting factor generator generates weighting factors for weighting the first signals, wherein the weighting factor for one of the first signals is generated by using first signals generated by at least two of the plurality of sets of RAKE fingers. Further, at least two of the first signals used to generate the weighting factor are received from the same transmission path.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbHInventors: Herbert Dawid, Juergen Niederholz, Christian Drewes, Thorsten Clevorn
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Publication number: 20120328059Abstract: A receiver circuit includes an estimation unit configured to estimate a noise power of a transmission channel, a calculation unit configured to calculate a decision variable based on the noise power, and a decision unit configured to make a ternary decision based on the decision variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Intel Mobile Communications GmbHInventors: Rajarajan Balraj, Thorsten Clevorn, Herbert Dawid
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Patent number: 8340170Abstract: A receiver for receiving a data signal having a channel profile may include an equalizer, to which the data signal is feedable, the equalizer having a plurality of filters and a switching device coupled to the filters, a selection device, which is disposed such that it determines a first number and a second number in dependence on the channel profile, and the switching device is disposed such that it connects a number of linear filters corresponding to the first number to form a first overall filter and connects a number of linear filters corresponding to the second number to form a second overall filter.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2007Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbHInventors: Herbert Dawid, Matthias Hillebrand, Steffen Paul, Lothar Winkler, Manfred Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20120289176Abstract: A mobile communications radio receiver for multiple radio network operation includes an RF unit for generating a first down-converted signal from a radio signal received from a first radio network and a second down-converted signal from a radio signal received from a second radio network. Further, the receiver includes a first receiving unit including a user data channel demodulator configured to demodulate a dedicated user data physical channel and a control channel demodulator configured to demodulate a common control data channel of the first radio network based on the first down-converted signal. Still further, the receiver includes a second receiving unit including a pilot channel demodulator configured to demodulate a pilot channel of the second radio network based on the second down-converted signal. A first data connection is configured to couple control data contained in the second down-converted signal to the control channel demodulator of the first receiving unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Thorsten Clevorn, Herbert Dawid, Bertram Gunzelmann
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Publication number: 20120289285Abstract: A mobile communications radio receiver for multiple radio network operation includes an RF unit for generating a first down-converted signal from a radio signal received from a first radio network and a second down-converted signal from a radio signal received from a second radio network. Further, it includes a first receiver comprising a paging indicator channel demodulator for demodulating a paging indicator channel of the first radio network based on the first down-converted signal, and a second receiver including a pilot channel demodulator for demodulating a pilot channel of the second radio network based on the second down-converted signal. A first data connection is configured to couple paging information contained in the second down-converted signal to an input of the paging indicator channel demodulator of the first receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Thorsten Clevorn, Herbert Dawid, Bertram Gunzelmann
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Publication number: 20120264390Abstract: A mobile communications radio receiver for multiple radio network operation includes an RF unit configured to generate a first down-converted signal from a radio signal received from a first radio network and a second down-converted signal from a radio signal received from a second radio network. Further, the mobile communications radio receiver includes a paging indicator channel demodulator configured to demodulate during a first period of time a paging indicator channel of the first radio network based on the first down-converted signal and for demodulating during a second period of time a paging indicator channel of the second radio network based on the second down-converted signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: Infineon Technnologies AGInventors: Thorsten Clevorn, Herbert Dawid, Bertram Gunzelmann
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Publication number: 20120149424Abstract: A user equipment includes a plurality of antennas to receive downlink signals from a base station, a plurality of receiver circuits each coupled to a respective one of the plurality of antennas to process the received downlink signals, an SIR estimation unit to estimate a quality of the received downlink signals, a power loop controller to generate transmit power control commands based on the estimated quality of the received downlink signals, the transmit power control commands being directed to the base station to adjust a power of the downlink signals and a diversity controller to selectively activate and deactivate one or more of the receiver circuits depending on the estimated quality of the received downlink signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Herbert Dawid, Thorsten Clevorn, Edgar Bolinth
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Publication number: 20120147995Abstract: A receiver includes a plurality of receive antennas configured to receive radio signals from a plurality of transmit antennas, and a plurality of sets of RAKE fingers configured to generate first signals, wherein each set of RAKE fingers is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of receive antennas. The receiver further includes a weighting factor generator configured to generate weighting factors for weighting the first signals, wherein at least one of the weighting factors is generated by using first signals that are generated by at least two of the plurality of sets of RAKE fingers and received from at least two of the plurality of transmit antennas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Herbert Dawid, Thorsten Clevorn, Christian Drewes, Edgar Bolinth
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Publication number: 20110294451Abstract: A receiver includes an input to receive data of a pilot channel having a carrier frequency associated therewith, and a first unit to obtain a quantity, wherein the quantity depends on a frequency broadening of the received data and a frequency shift of the received data with respect to the carrier frequency. The receiver also includes a second unit to adjust the bandwidth of a channel estimation unit, wherein the adjustment depends on the quantity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Edgar Bolinth, Herbert Dawid, Thorsten Clevorn
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Patent number: 7983215Abstract: In an embodiment, a communication device is provided. The communication device may include a scheduling message generating circuit configured to generate a scheduling message such that the scheduling message includes a receiving scheduling information specifying when to receive an uplink transmission control message, the receiving scheduling information being defined depending on a configuration of an uplink transmission channel, an uplink transmission control message generating circuit configured to generate an uplink transmission control message to control an uplink transmission from another communication device via the uplink transmission channel, and a transmitter circuit configured to transmit the uplink transmission control message in accordance with the receiving scheduling information such that the uplink transmission control message is transmitted via an uplink transmission control downlink channel.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Hyung-Nam Choi, Herbert Dawid
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Publication number: 20100124893Abstract: A method and a device for controlling uplink/downlink power for radio communication is disclosed. The method includes receiving a radio communications signal in a radio receiver, estimating one or more parameters indicative of the transmission quality of the received radio communications signal based on power control information bits and pilot symbol bits in the radio communications signal, and generating a control signal for the radio receiver and/or the radio transmitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2008Publication date: May 20, 2010Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Thorsten Clevorn, Juergen Niederholz, Frank Gersemsky, Herbert Dawid
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Publication number: 20090262680Abstract: In an embodiment, a communication device is provided. The communication device may include a scheduling message generating circuit configured to generate a scheduling message such that the scheduling message includes a receiving scheduling information specifying when to receive an uplink transmission control message, the receiving scheduling information being defined depending on a configuration of an uplink transmission channel, an uplink transmission control message generating circuit configured to generate an uplink transmission control message to control an uplink transmission from another communication device via the uplink transmission channel, and a transmitter circuit configured to transmit the uplink transmission control message in accordance with the receiving scheduling information such that the uplink transmission control message is transmitted via an uplink transmission control downlink channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: HYUNG-NAM CHOI, Herbert Dawid
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Publication number: 20090238246Abstract: A receiver, includes a plurality of antennas to receive radio signals from a plurality of transmission paths, and a plurality of sets of RAKE fingers to generate first signals. Each set of RAKE fingers is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of antennas, and a weighting factor generator generates weighting factors for weighting the first signals, wherein the weighting factor for one of the first signals is generated by using first signals generated by at least two of the plurality of sets of RAKE fingers. Further, at least two of the first signals used to generate the weighting factor are received from the same transmission path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2008Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Herbert Dawid, Juergen Niederholz, Christian Drewes, Thorsten Clevorn
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Publication number: 20080043828Abstract: The present invention relates to a receiver and to an apparatus for receiving a data signal, in particular for receiving a data signal having a channel profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2007Publication date: February 21, 2008Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Herbert DAWID, Matthias HILLEBRAND, Steffen PAUL, Lothar WINKLER, Manfred ZIMMERMANN