Patents by Inventor John Patrick Keane

John Patrick Keane 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: 9143147
    Abstract: An analog input signal is dithered using a dithering sequence and then partially chopped using a chopping sequence. The dithered and partially chopped signal is then digitized by analog-to-digital converter (ADC) slices operating in alternating fashion, and the resulting digitized signals are adjusted according to the dithering sequence and the chopping sequence to compensate for gain and voltage offset errors of the ADC slices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sourja Ray, John Patrick Keane
  • Patent number: 8736479
    Abstract: A system for performing analog-to-digital conversion comprises a sampling unit that generates multiple digital samples from an analog input signal at each recurrence of a periodic interval, and a processing unit that combines the digital samples to produce a digital output signal. In certain embodiments, the sampling unit comprises multiple analog-to-digital converters arranged in parallel, and the processing unit comprises a digital signal processor that detects outliers in the digital samples and averages any non-outliers among the digital samples to generate the digital output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: John Patrick Keane
  • Patent number: 8537955
    Abstract: A clock recovery circuit includes a phase detector, a loop filter, a phase rotator, a predictor and a delay line. The phase detector receives an input data signal and generates a phase error signal for estimating phase error in the input data signal when referred to a recovered clock. The loop filter receives the phase error signal and determines a phase control signal based on the phase error signal. The phase rotator receives the phase control signal, and provides a phase adjusted clock based on a reference clock and the phase control signal. The predictor receives the phase error signal, and determines a delay control signal based on the phase error signal. The delay line outputs the recovered clock by delaying the phase adjusted clock from the phase rotator using the delay control signal from the predictor, and provides the recovered clock to the phase detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Patrick Keane, Günter Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20130082854
    Abstract: A system for performing analog-to-digital conversion comprises a sampling unit that generates multiple digital samples from an analog input signal at each recurrence of a periodic interval, and a processing unit that combines the digital samples to produce a digital output signal. In certain embodiments, the sampling unit comprises multiple analog-to-digital converters arranged in parallel, and the processing unit comprises a digital signal processor that detects outliers in the digital samples and averages any non-outliers among the digital samples to generate the digital output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: John Patrick KEANE
  • Patent number: 8132109
    Abstract: An approach is provided that receives web page data at a network adapter included in an information handling system. A process identifies a first set style sheets that apply to the web page data and a second set of style sheets that apply to graphical elements that are within a predefined proximity area of a cursor that is displayed on the information handling system's display screen. The process displays graphical elements that are outside the predefined proximity area using the first set of style sheets and simultaneously displays a second set of elements that are within the predefined proximity area using the second set of style sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Bockus, John Patrick Keane, Kevin Robert Sawicki
  • Publication number: 20100293510
    Abstract: An approach is provided that receives web page data at a network adapter included in an information handling system. A process identifies a first set style sheets that apply to the web page data and a second set of style sheets that apply to graphical elements that are within a predefined proximity area of a cursor that is displayed on the information handling system's display screen. The process displays graphical elements that are outside the predefined proximity area using the first set of style sheets and simultaneously displays a second set of elements that are within the predefined proximity area using the second set of style sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Bockus, John Patrick Keane, Kevin Robert Sawicki
  • Publication number: 20090003501
    Abstract: A phase-locked loop circuit comprises an analog section, a digital section and a digital offset mitigation circuit. The analog section is subject to offset error and comprises an analog phase comparator and an analog-to-digital converter. The digital section comprises a digital loop filter and a digitally-controlled frequency-generating circuit. The digital loop filter is connected to receive a digital difference signal from the analog-to-digital converter. The digital offset mitigation circuit is operable in response to the digital difference signal to mitigate the offset error of the analog section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Gunter Steinbach, John Patrick Keane