Patents by Inventor Hubertus J. F. Maas

Hubertus J. F. Maas 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: 8189117
    Abstract: In a receiver, a synchronization circuit (MIX2, OSC, C1, R1) provides a set of oscillator signals (OSI, OSQ) that are synchronized with a carrier of an amplitude-modulated signal. The set of oscillator signals (OSI, OSQ) comprises a quadrature oscillator signal (OSQ), which is substantially 90° phase shifted with respect to the carrier of the amplitude-modulated signal. A quadrature mixer (MIX2) mixes the quadrature oscillator signal (OSQ) with the amplitude-modulated signal so as to obtain a quadrature mixer output signal (MO2a). A phase-error corrector (PEC) adjusts the phase of the oscillator signals in response to a variation in the magnitude of an alternating current component (AC) in the quadrature mixer output signal (MO2a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Rob Fortuin, Hubertus J. F. Maas
  • Publication number: 20080247490
    Abstract: In a receiver, a synchronization circuit (MIX2, OSC, C1, R1) provides a set of oscillator signals (OSI, OSQ) that are synchronized with a carrier of an amplitude-modulated signal. The set of oscillator signals (OSI, OSQ) comprises a quadrature oscillator signal (OSQ), which is substantially 90° phase shifted with respect to the carrier of the amplitude-modulated signal. A quadrature mixer (MIX2) mixes the quadrature oscillator signal (OSQ) with the amplitude-modulated signal so as to obtain a quadrature mixer output signal (MO2a). A phase-error corrector (PEC) adjusts the phase of the oscillator signals in response to a variation in the magnitude of an alternating current component (AC) in the quadrature mixer output signal (MO2a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Rob Fortuin, Hubertus J. F. Maas
  • Patent number: 5272534
    Abstract: TV receiver including an RF section, a mixer stage to which a tuning frequency is applied from a tuning oscillator, an IF section, a synchronous detection device and a frequency and phase-locked loop circuit having a PLL and a FLL, the IF section being coupled to a phase detector of the PLL and to a frequency detection device of the FLL, the phase detector and frequency detection device being commonly coupled to a loop branch having the two loops in common and incorporating a loop filter and a controllable oscillator, the controllable oscillator applying a local in-phase carrier to the synchronous detection device and a local phase quadrature carrier to the phase detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Johannes S. Vromans, Hubertus J. F. Maas, Johannes Dollee