Patents by Inventor Jan Niehof

Jan Niehof 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: 10098146
    Abstract: A processor is disclosed. The processor includes a first-receiver-node for receiving a first-receiver-signal, a second-receiver-node for receiving a second-receiver-signal, a first-output-node for coupling to a digital-baseband-processor, a second-output-node for coupling to the digital-baseband-processor and a first-active-data-pipe extending between the first-receiver-node and the first-output-node. The first-active-data-pipe includes a first-analog-to-digital-converter comprising a first-ADC-input coupled to the first-receiver-node and a first-ADC-output coupled to the first-output-node. The first-analog-to-digital-converter is configured to provide a first-digital-signal to the first-output-node. The processor comprises a first-reference-node and a configurable-data-pipe extending between the second-receiver-node and the second-output-node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Niehof, Shagun Bajoria, Muhammed Bolatkale, Robert Rutten, Lucien Johannes Breems, Johannes Hubertus Antonius Brekelmans
  • Patent number: 9906384
    Abstract: Corrections are provided for mismatches between an in-phase (I) signal and a quadrature-phase (Q) signal, the I and Q signals having a first frequency band. A frequency filter circuit filters the I and Q signals to produce a filtered I and Q output with a second frequency band that is a subset of the first frequency band. Digital circuitry includes a multiple-tap correction filter having a plurality of taps and configured to generate I and Q output signals by filtering the I and Q signals according to respective sets of coefficients for the plurality of taps. A coefficient estimator generates the sets of coefficients relative to different frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Rutten, Lucien Johannes Breems, Johannes Hubertus Antonius Brekelmans, Jan Niehof, Muhammed Bolatkale, Shagun Bajoria
  • Publication number: 20170150521
    Abstract: A processor is disclosed. The processor includes a first-receiver-node for receiving a first-receiver-signal, a second-receiver-node for receiving a second-receiver-signal, a first-output-node for coupling to a digital-baseband-processor, a second-output-node for coupling to the digital-baseband-processor and a first-active-data-pipe extending between the first-receiver-node and the first-output-node. The first-active-data-pipe includes a first-analogue-to-digital-converter comprising a first-ADC-input coupled to the first-receiver-node and a first-ADC-output coupled to the first-output-node. The first-analogue-to-digital-converter is configured to provide a first-digital-signal to the first-output-node. The processor comprises a first-reference-node and a configurable-data-pipe extending between the second-receiver-node and the second-output-node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Jan Niehof, Shagun Bajoria, Muhammed Bolatkale, Robert Rutten, Lucien Johannes Breems, Johannes Hubertus Antonius Brekelmans
  • Publication number: 20170149388
    Abstract: A summing node is provided for summing a first and second differential signals. Each of the first and second differential signals comprise respective direct and inverse signal components. The summing node comprises a first differential transistor pair comprising a first and second input and coupled to a first and second output. The summing node further comprises a second differential transistor pair comprising a third and fourth input and coupled to the first and second output. The first and fourth inputs are respectively coupled to the direct and inverse signal components of the first differential signal and the second and third inputs are respectively coupled to the direct and inverse signal components of the second differential signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Shagun Bajoria, Muhammed Bolatkale, Robert Rutten, Lucien Breems, Johannes Brekelmans, Jan Niehof