Patents by Inventor JONATHAN LEE KENNEDY

JONATHAN LEE KENNEDY 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).

  • Simultaneous accommodation of a low power signal and an interfering signal in a radio frequency (RF) receiver
    Patent number: 9509351
    Abstract: A method includes providing a highly linear front end in a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver, implementing a high Effective Number of Bits (ENOB) Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) circuit in the RF receiver, and sampling, through the high ENOB ADC circuit, at a frequency having harmonics that do not coincide with a desired signal component of an input signal of the RF receiver to eliminate spurs within a data bandwidth of the RF receiver. The input signal includes the desired signal component and an interference signal component. The interference signal component has a higher power level than the desired signal component. The method also includes simultaneously accommodating the desired signal component and the interference signal component in the RF receiver based on an increased dynamic range of the RF receiver and the high ENOB ADC circuit provided through the highly linear front end and the high ENOB ADC circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: TAHOE RF SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Shaw, Jonathan Lee Kennedy, Darrell Lee Livezey, Joy Laskar
  • SIMULTANEOUS ACCOMMODATION OF A LOW POWER SIGNAL AND AN INTERFERING SIGNAL IN A RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) RECEIVER
    Publication number: 20140030981
    Abstract: A method includes providing a highly linear front end in a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver, implementing a high Effective Number of Bits (ENOB) Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) circuit in the RF receiver, and sampling, through the high ENOB ADC circuit, at a frequency having harmonics that do not coincide with a desired signal component of an input signal of the RF receiver to eliminate spurs within a data bandwidth of the RF receiver. The input signal includes the desired signal component and an interference signal component. The interference signal component has a higher power level than the desired signal component. The method also includes simultaneously accommodating the desired signal component and the interference signal component in the RF receiver based on an increased dynamic range of the RF receiver and the high ENOB ADC circuit provided through the highly linear front end and the high ENOB ADC circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Tahoe RF Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: MICHAEL JOSEPH SHAW, JONATHAN LEE KENNEDY, DARRELL LEE LIVEZEY, JOY LASKAR