Patents by Inventor Karin Rothermel

Karin Rothermel 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: 5559513
    Abstract: A sample rate converter includes a first interpolator which generates samples intermediate samples provided at a first sample rate. A second interpolator, using the intermediate samples, generates further samples at a second sample rate which are intermediate the intermediate samples. An accumulator which accumulates a value representing the ratio of the first and second sample rates, generates scale factors for performing the interpolations, and a clock signal at the second sample rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH
    Inventors: Karin Rothermel, Heinrich Schemmann
  • Patent number: 5469089
    Abstract: A control circuit for maintaining the mean value of the amplitudes of control pulses having a first level and data pulses having a second level includes a detector for providing the control pulses and the data pulses. A reference voltage source provides first, second and third reference voltages having three different levels. A plurality of comparators each receive both the control pulses and the data pulses. A first comparator also receives the lowest of the reference voltages and provides regulation pulses when the control pulses reach the level of the lowest reference voltage. A second comparator receives the second highest reference voltage and provides level limiting pulses to maintain the level of the regulation pulses constant. A third of the comparators receives the highest reference voltage and provides data pulses when the third reference voltage is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH
    Inventors: Albrecht Rothermel, Gunter Gleim, Karin Rothermel