Patents by Inventor Kenneth C. Grobaski

Kenneth C. Grobaski 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: 8514910
    Abstract: A controller for advanced receivers configures a plurality of advanced receiver modules based on figures of merit computed on the input signal. The controller also selects the appropriate output signal based on figures of merit of either the input or the output signals. The controller decisions can also be made in a bursty manner, where only a subset of the decisions to be made are made at a given time, thereby limiting the processing load of the control processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Lee Roberts, Kenneth C Grobaski, Anand P Narayan
  • Publication number: 20120213252
    Abstract: A controller for advanced receivers configures a plurality of advanced receiver modules based on figures of merit computed on the input signal. The controller also selects the appropriate output signal based on figures of merit of either the input or the output signals. The controller decisions can also be made in a bursty manner, where only a subset of the decisions to be made are made at a given time, thereby limiting the processing load of the control processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: RAMBUS INC.
    Inventors: Brian Lee Roberts, Kenneth C. Grobaski, Anand P. Narayan
  • Patent number: 8179946
    Abstract: A controller for advanced receivers configures a plurality of advanced receiver modules based on figures of merit computed on the input signal. The controller also selects the appropriate output signal based on figures of merit of either the input or the output signals. The controller decisions can also be made in a bursty manner, where only a subset of the decisions to be made are made at a given time, thereby limiting the processing load of the control processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Lee Roberts, Kenneth C Grobaski, Anand P Narayan
  • Publication number: 20090141776
    Abstract: A controller for advanced receivers configures a plurality of advanced receiver modules based on figures of merit computed on the input signal. The controller also selects the appropriate output signal based on figures of merit of either the input or the output signals. The controller decisions can also be made in a bursty manner, where only a subset of the decisions to be made are made at a given time, thereby limiting the processing load of the control processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: TensorComm, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Lee Roberts, Kenneth C. Grobaski, Anand P. Narayan
  • Patent number: 6275510
    Abstract: A multiplexer for multiplexing and demultiplexing signals between a low-speed network and a higher speed network includes 7 quad DSX-1 cards and 1 spare card. The spare card is connected to the DSX-1 cards to allow the spare card to automatically be switched in for one of the DSX-1 cards or to allow interface electronics on the spare card to replace selected ones of interface electronics on different DSX-1 cards simultaneously. A pair of controller cards, a primary card and a secondary card, perform M1-3 multiplexing and demultiplexing and the DS-3 framing and transceiving. The controller cards can be selected or deselected in a short time period alarms are not set off and so that the transition is hitless by electronically enabling and disabling the transceiver. The multiplexer is connectable to 2 different T-3 links to provide network redundancy. An array of relays connected either controller card to either of the T-3 links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Carrier Access Corporation
    Inventors: Roger L. Koenig, S. Christopher Alaimo, Thomas E. Bullington, Phillip D. Clark, Kenneth C. Grobaski, Matthew D. Morris, Kirkton I. Shoop, Michael A. Trofi
  • Patent number: 5991312
    Abstract: A multiplexer device for multiplexing and demultiplexing signals between a low-speed network including 28 DSX-1 signals and a relatively higher speed network including a DS-3 signal. The multiplexer device includes 7 quad DSX-1 cards and 1 spare card. The spare card is connected to the other 7 DSX-1 cards in a fashion that allows the spare card to automatically be switched in for one of the DSX-1 cards or to allow interface electronics on the spare card to replace selected ones of the interface electronics on various different DSX-1 cards simultaneously. A pair of controller cards, a primary card and a secondary card, perform the M1-3 multiplexing and demultiplexing and the DS-3 framing and transceiving. The controller cards can be selected or deselected by distributed logic in a sufficiently short time period so that alarms are not set off and so that the transition is hitless. This is accomplished by electronically enabling and disabling the transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Carrier Access Corporation
    Inventors: Roger L. Koenig, S. Christopher Alaimo, Thomas E. Bullington, Phillip D. Clark, Kenneth C. Grobaski, Matthew D. Morris, Kirkton I. Shoop, Michael A. Trofi