Patents by Inventor Josef Fenk

Josef Fenk 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: 7551890
    Abstract: In a method for alignment of an antenna (1) with an adjustable directional characteristic in a mobile station in a mobile radio system, the alignment process is based on determination of two variables as a function of the direction, with the first variable being characteristic of the signal strength (6) and the second variable being characteristic of the signal quality (5, 15), and their evaluation (7). Furthermore, it is possible to make use of position information and alignment information relating inter alia to satellite-based navigation systems, and to take account of the alignment of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Josef Fenk, Rainer Kronberger
  • Patent number: 7548732
    Abstract: A power amplifier arrangement having a distributed antenna is disclosed. The power amplifier arrangement has two or more signal paths which are coupled to a common input. Each signal path has an amplifier with a downstream antenna. The respective signal paths with the antenna are activated or deactivated by a control device as a function of the desired gain or output power. This results in high efficiency over a wide frequency range. The polar diagrams of the antenna branches preferably correspond to those of a single antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Josef Fenk
  • Patent number: 7495276
    Abstract: A radio frequency arrangement is disclosed, having a first semiconductor body with an integrated circuit formed therein and also with first and second terminal locations. A second semiconductor body with a charge store integrated therein and with a first and second contact locations is arranged with its contact locations mutually facing the terminal locations of the first semiconductor body. The first terminal and the first contact location and also the second terminal and the second contact location are coupled to one another in order thus to form an integrated circuit and also a charge store for supplying the integrated circuit. Realizing the integrated circuit and the charge store separately enables a simple and cost-effective manufacturing procedure for the individual components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Josef Fenk
  • Patent number: 7349724
    Abstract: A radio frequency arrangement includes a first semiconductor body having on a first side a radio frequency connection location for emitting therefrom or for supplying thereto a radio frequency signal, and a low frequency signal connection location for emitting therefrom or for supplying thereto a low frequency signal. The arrangement also includes a flexible antenna carrier having a first side and a second side with a metalized region formed as an antenna, wherein the metalized region has a radio frequency contact location on or in the first side of the antenna carrier, and wherein the first side of the antenna carrier and the first side of the first semiconductor body are arranged such that they face one another. In addition, the radio frequency contact location on or in the first side of the antenna carrier is coupled to the radio frequency connection location on the first side of the semiconductor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Josef Fenk
  • Patent number: 7183841
    Abstract: A power amplifier arrangement is disclosed which has two or more amplifiers connected in parallel. The amplifiers can be switched on and off independently of one another by means of control devices. At least one DC/DC converter is provided for supplying voltage to the amplifiers. A significant improvement in the efficiency of a power amplifier is achieved by the combination of the voltage supplied by means of a DC/DC converter for the amplifiers with distributed power gain. The arrangement is therefore particularly suitable for use in mobile radio transmission arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Josef Fenk
  • Publication number: 20050201175
    Abstract: A radio frequency arrangement is disclosed, having a first semiconductor body with an integrated circuit formed therein and also with first and second terminal locations. A second semiconductor body with a charge store integrated therein and with a first and second contact locations is arranged with its contact locations mutually facing the terminal locations of the first semiconductor body. The first terminal and the first contact location and also the second terminal and the second contact location are coupled to one another in order thus to form an integrated circuit and also a charge store for supplying the integrated circuit. Realizing the integrated circuit and the charge store separately enables a simple and cost-effective manufacturing procedure for the individual components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventor: Josef Fenk
  • Publication number: 20050192068
    Abstract: A radio frequency arrangement includes a first semiconductor body having on a first side a radio frequency connection location for emitting therefrom or for supplying thereto a radio frequency signal, and a low frequency signal connection location for emitting therefrom or for supplying thereto a low frequency signal. The arrangement also includes a flexible antenna carrier having a first side and a second side with a metalized region formed as an antenna, wherein the metalized region has a radio frequency contact location on or in the first side of the antenna carrier, and wherein the first side of the antenna carrier and the first side of the first semiconductor body are arranged such that they face one another. In addition, the radio frequency contact location on or in the first side of the antenna carrier is coupled to the radio frequency connection location on the first side of the semiconductor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventor: Josef Fenk
  • Publication number: 20050179499
    Abstract: A power amplifier arrangement is disclosed which has two or more amplifiers connected in parallel. The amplifiers can be switched on and off independently of one another by means of control devices. At least one DC/DC converter is provided for supplying voltage to the amplifiers. A significant improvement in the efficiency of a power amplifier is achieved by the combination of the voltage supplied by means of a DC/DC converter for the amplifiers with distributed power gain. The arrangement is therefore particularly suitable for use in mobile radio transmission arrangements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventor: Josef Fenk
  • Publication number: 20050181751
    Abstract: A power amplifier arrangement having a distributed antenna is disclosed. The power amplifier arrangement has two or more signal paths which are coupled to a common input. Each signal path has an amplifier with a downstream antenna. The respective signal paths with the antenna are activated or deactivated by a control device as a function of the desired gain or output power. This results in high efficiency over a wide frequency range. The polar diagrams of the antenna branches preferably correspond to those of a single antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventor: Josef Fenk
  • Patent number: 6897796
    Abstract: The invention discloses a sigma-delta converter arrangement with a forward path including an amplifier and a quantizer with a clock input, and a feedback path with a D/A converter. The amplifier is coupled to an integrator which is in the form of a resonator with a tunable frequency and is actuated by a frequency synthesizer that also prescribes the clock rate of the quantizer. The synchronization between the quantizer and resonator results in highly accurate matching given inexpensive integratabiliy, which means that the sigma-delta converter is suitable for use in mobile radios, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Victor Dias, Josef Fenk
  • Publication number: 20050030211
    Abstract: The invention discloses a sigma-delta converter arrangement with a forward path including an amplifier and a quantizer with a clock input, and a feedback path with a D/A converter. The amplifier is coupled to an integrator which is in the form of a resonator with a tunable frequency and is actuated by a frequency synthesizer that also prescribes the clock rate of the quantizer. The synchronization between the quantizer and resonator results in highly accurate matching given inexpensive integratabiliy, which means that the sigma-delta converter is suitable for use in mobile radios, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Victor Dias, Josef Fenk
  • Publication number: 20040266343
    Abstract: In a method for alignment of an antenna (1) with an adjustable directional characteristic in a mobile station in a mobile radio system, the alignment process is based on determination of two variables as a function of the direction, with the first variable being characteristic of the signal strength (6) and the second variable being characteristic of the signal quality (5, 15), and their evaluation (7). Furthermore, it is possible to make use of position information and alignment information relating inter alia to satellite-based navigation systems, and to take account of the alignment of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Josef Fenk, Rainer Kronberger
  • Patent number: 6531904
    Abstract: A circuit configuration for generating an output signal orthogonal to an input signal includes a delay device having an input to which an input signal is applied, an output at which an output signal is available, and a control input for controlling a time lag. A multiplier device has inputs being coupled to the input and the output of the delay device and has an output. A device for low-pass filtering is connected between the output of the multiplier device and the control input of the delay device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Werner Veit, Josef Fenk, Robert-Grant Irvine
  • Patent number: 6521978
    Abstract: The shielding device described is distinguished by the fact that it has a coating that at least partially surrounds the element that is to be electromagnetically shielded. As a result, the elements that are to be electromagnetically shielded can be optimally shielded with minimal outlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Josef Fenk, Franz Petter
  • Patent number: 6486732
    Abstract: To keep the power consumption in the modulator-demodulator of a mobile radio as low as possible, the modulator-demodulator has a voltage-controlled oscillator. Downstream of which a divider chain having a plurality of series-connected dividers each with an even-numbered division factor is connected. Each of the dividers produces a carrier signal and a carrier signal that is orthogonal with respect thereto. A quadrature modulator for the received signal is connected to a divider of the divider chain that produces the carrier signal at the required carrier frequency. In addition, a first vector modulator is provided whose mixers are connected to the dividers of the divider chain that produce the carrier signals at the required carrier frequencies. Connected downstream of the first vector modulator is a further divider with an even-numbered division factor, and connected downstream of this is a second vector modulator for producing a transmitted signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Josef Fenk, Volker Thomas, Wolfgang Thomann
  • Publication number: 20020140514
    Abstract: To keep the power consumption in the modulator-demodulator of a mobile radio as low as possible, the modulator-demodulator has a voltage-controlled oscillator. Downstream of which a divider chain having a plurality of series-connected dividers each with an even-numbered division factor is connected. Each of the dividers produces a carrier signal and a carrier signal that is orthogonal with respect thereto. A quadrature modulator for the received signal is connected to a divider of the divider chain that produces the carrier signal at the required carrier frequency. In addition, a first vector modulator is provided whose mixers are connected to the dividers of the divider chain that produce the carrier signals at the required carrier frequencies. Connected downstream of the first vector modulator is a further divider with an even-numbered division factor, and connected downstream of this is a second vector modulator for producing a transmitted signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Josef Fenk, Volker Thomas, Wolfgang Thomann
  • Publication number: 20010026020
    Abstract: The shielding device described is distinguished by the fact that it has a coating that at least partially surrounds the element that is to be electromagnetically shielded. As a result, the elements that are to be electromagnetically shielded can be optimally shielded with minimal outlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Josef Fenk, Franz Petter
  • Patent number: 6091306
    Abstract: Parasitic feedback is prevented in a transmitter, a modulator, or a demodulator from having an interfering influence on the circuit section that generates the mixed frequency. The circuit has a main oscillator and a subordinate oscillator connected downstream of the main oscillator. The main oscillator generates a signal having an x.sup.th harmonic that serves to excite the subordinate oscillator. Furthermore, a frequency divider is connected downstream of the subordinate oscillator. The frequency divider divides the frequency of an output signal of the subordinate oscillator by an integer divider value. The divider value differs from the value x.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Fenk
  • Patent number: 5652543
    Abstract: An amplifier array for high-frequency signals includes a differential amplifier with transistors capacitively coupled to the emitters. The differential amplifier therefore has high-pass characteristics. The input signals are each supplied to the differential amplifier through a respective high-pass. This results in an integratable amplifier array with strong damping for base-band signal components and band-pass characteristics for high-frequency useful signal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Fenk, Helmut Herrmann, Stefan Heinen
  • Patent number: 5604460
    Abstract: An amplifier array having digitally adjustable total gain and being constructed of a multiplicity of switchable individual amplifiers, includes at least two parallel, selectively triggerable gain paths having input and output sides. Each of the gain paths has an input amplifier and a switching amplifier being connected downstream of the input amplifier and being switchable in stages. A multiplexer has inputs connected to the output side of the gain paths and has an output. An amplifier array input is connected to the input side of the gain paths and an amplifier array output is formed by the output of the multiplexer. In a mobile radio receiver having the amplifier array, a total gain of the amplifier array is adjusted for setting an output signal of the mobile radio receiver at a constant level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Sehrig, Josef Fenk, Stefan Heinen