Patents by Inventor Karen Gettings

Karen Gettings 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: 8964901
    Abstract: Receiver design techniques are provided that are capable of producing relatively efficient, linear radio frequency (RF) receivers. During a design process, components of an analog receiver chain and digital nonlinearity compensation techniques are considered together to achieve reduced power consumption in the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Helen Kim, Merlin Green, Andrew Bolstad, Daniel D. Santiago, Michael N. Ericson, Karen Gettings, Benjamin A. Miller
  • Patent number: 8958470
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) receiver includes an analog receiver chain followed by digital circuitry for reducing nonlinear distortion components within an output signal of the analog receiver chain. In at least one embodiment, the digital circuitry includes a digital equalizer that is configured with a sparse set of Volterra series coefficients. In this manner, a desired level of linearity performance may be achieved in the receiver with relatively low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Andrew Bolstad, Benjamin A. Miller, Karen Gettings, Merlin Green, Helen Kim, Joel Goodman
  • Publication number: 20140030995
    Abstract: Receiver design techniques are provided that are capable of producing relatively efficient, linear radio frequency (RF) receivers. During a design process, components of an analog receiver chain and digital nonlinearity compensation techniques are considered together to achieve reduced power consumption in the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Helen Kim, Merlin Green, Andrew Bolstad, Daniel D. Santiago, Michael N. Ericson, Karen Gettings, Benjamin A. Miller
  • Publication number: 20140029660
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) receiver includes an analog receiver chain followed by digital circuitry for reducing nonlinear distortion components within an output signal of the analog receiver chain. In at least one embodiment, the digital circuitry includes a digital equalizer that is configured with a sparse set of Volterra series coefficients. In this manner, a desired level of linearity performance may be achieved in the receiver with relatively low power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew Bolstad, Benjamin A. Miller, Karen Gettings, Merlin Green, Helen Kim, Joel Goodman
  • Publication number: 20140029658
    Abstract: Receiver design techniques are provided that are capable of producing relatively efficient, linear radio frequency (RF) receivers. During a design process, components of an analog receiver chain and digital nonlinearity compensation techniques are considered together to achieve reduced power consumption in the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Helen Kim, Merlin Green, Andrew Bolstad, Daniel D. Santiago, Michael N. Ericson, Karen Gettings, Benjamin A. Miller
  • Publication number: 20070132473
    Abstract: A method of measuring variability of integrated circuit components is provided. A specified parameter of at least one first array configuration comprising a plurality of the integrated circuit components without specified internal connections between the integrated circuit components is measured. The specified parameter of at least one second array configuration comprising a plurality of the integrated circuit components nominally identical to those of the first array configuration with specified internal connections between the integrated circuit components is also measured. A variation coefficient is determined for the integrated circuit components based on the measured specified parameter of the at least one first array configuration and the at least one second array configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Manjul Bhushan, Karen Gettings, Wilfried Haensch, Brian Ji, Mark Ketchen