Patents by Inventor Kendal McNaught-Davis Hess

Kendal McNaught-Davis Hess 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: 8107914
    Abstract: Radio-frequency (RF) circuits, methods and systems are implemented according to a variety of embodiments. According to one such embodiment, a radio-frequency (RF) receiver circuit is implemented with an adjustable RF filter circuit in a receive path of the RF receiver circuit. A local oscillator (LO) generates a LO signal and an RX_LO signal from the LO signal. A mixing circuit mixes a signal received from the adjustable RF filter circuit and the RX_LO signal. An intermediate-frequency (IF) circuit generates an IF_cal signal at the receiver circuit. A calibration circuit implements both a calibration mode and a receive mode. In the calibration mode, a calibration signal is injected into the receive path. A setting of the adjustable RF filter circuit is determined. In the receive mode, the calibration circuit disables the injection of the calibration signal into the receive path of the RF receiver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel Firoiu, Damian Costa, Mats Lindstrom, Kendal McNaught-Davis Hess, Weinen Gao
  • Publication number: 20100151806
    Abstract: Radio-frequency (RF) circuits, methods and systems are implemented according to a variety of embodiments. According to one such embodiment, a radio-frequency (RF) receiver circuit is implemented with an adjustable RF filter circuit in a receive path of the RF receiver circuit. A local oscillator (LO) generates a LO signal and an RX_LO signal from the LO signal. A mixing circuit mixes a signal received from the adjustable RF filter circuit and the RX_LO signal. An intermediate-frequency (IF) circuit generates an IF_cal signal at the receiver circuit. A calibration circuit implements both a calibration mode and a receive mode. In the calibration mode, a calibration signal is injected into the receive path. A setting of the adjustable RF filter circuit is determined. In the receive mode, the calibration circuit disables the injection of the calibration signal into the receive path of the RF receiver circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Firoiu, Damian Costa, Mats Lindstrom, Kendal McNaught-Davis Hess, Weinen Gao
  • Patent number: 7623580
    Abstract: A simultaneous multiple channel receiver (“SMCR”) for receiving a combined signal having a plurality of carrier signals, where each carrier signal in the plurality of carriers signals corresponds to a frequency channel, and in response, simultaneously producing a plurality of output data stream signals, is disclosed. The SMCR may include a down-converter front-end capable of receiving the combined signal, a plurality of digital signal processors, wherein each digital signal processor of the plurality of digital signal processors is capable of producing an output data stream signal of the plurality of output data stream signals, and a multi-band filter in signal communication with both the down-converter front-end and the plurality of digital signal processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Kendal McNaught-Davis Hess, Manjit S. Gill, Donald Brian Eidson, Chi-Ping Nee, Mats Lindstrom, Abraham Krieger, Fred Harris