Patents by Inventor Kjell Heimdal

Kjell Heimdal 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: 9515945
    Abstract: Methods of changing a data rate of communication over an interface between a data transmitter and a data receiver are disclosed, wherein the data transmitter is associated with a first processor and transmitting data over the interface and the data receiver is associated with a second processor. The data transmitter transmits and the data receiver receives data over the interface at a first data rate. At the first processor, it is determined to change the first data rate to a second data rate. The data transmitter transmits and the data receiver receives a request to change the first data rate to the second data rate. In response thereto, a response message is transmitted by the data receiver and received by the data transmitter. When the response message comprises an acknowledgement to change the first data rate to the second data rate, the data transmitter transmits and the data receiver receives data over the interface at the second data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: ST-ERICSSON SA
    Inventors: Rune Knutsen, Ken Henry Andersen, Sjur Brendeland, Kjell Heimdal, Geir Jevne, Daniel Martensson, Tryggve Mikkelsen
  • Publication number: 20150131557
    Abstract: Methods of changing a data rate of communication over an interface between a data transmitter and a data receiver are disclosed, wherein the data transmitter is associated with a first processor and transmitting data over the interface and the data receiver is associated with a second processor. The data transmitter transmits and the data receiver receives data over the interface at a first data rate. At the first processor, it is determined to change the first data rate to a second data rate. The data transmitter transmits and the data receiver receives a request to change the first data rate to the second data rate. In response thereto, a response message is transmitted by the data receiver and received by the data transmitter. When the response message comprises an acknowledgement to change the first data rate to the second data rate, the data transmitter transmits and the data receiver receives data over the interface at the second data rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventors: Rune Knutsen, Ken Henry Andersen, Sjur Brendeland, Kjell Heimdal, Geir Jevne, Daniel Martensson, Tryggve Mikkelsen
  • Patent number: 7873774
    Abstract: An apparatus and method in a mobile device having a digital application-specific integrated circuit (DASIC) and a multifunctional integrated circuit (chip) providing additional functions to the mobile device. An internal Universal Serial Bus (USB) link connects the DASIC and the multifunctional chip. In one embodiment, the multifunctional chip is an ultra wideband (UWB) Radio Module. The internal USB link may utilize a USB interface, a USB 2.0 Universal Transceiver Macrocell Interface (UMTI+) and Low Pin Interface (ULPI), or a High Speed InterChip (HSIC) interface. The UWB Radio Module communicates over the air with an external remote wireless device such as a wireless USB Host utilizing a UWB radio link. The internal USB link provides connection and maps logical data streams in the DASIC with logical data streams in the UWB Radio Module or multifunctional integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Alexey Orishko, Morten Christiansen, Kjell Heimdal
  • Publication number: 20090198859
    Abstract: An apparatus and method in a mobile device having a digital application-specific integrated circuit (DASIC) and a multifunctional integrated circuit (chip) providing additional functions to the mobile device. An internal Universal Serial Bus (USB) link connects the DASIC and the multifunctional chip. In one embodiment, the multifunctional chip is an ultra wideband (UWB) Radio Module. The internal USB link may utilize a USB interface, a USB 2.0 Universal Transceiver Macrocell Interface (UMTI+) and Low Pin Interface (ULPI), or a High Speed InterChip (HSIC) interface. The UWB Radio Module communicates over the air with an external remote wireless device such as a wireless USB Host utilizing a UWB radio link. The internal USB link provides connection and maps logical data streams in the DASIC with logical data streams in the UWB Radio Module or multifunctional integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Alexey Orishko, Morten Christiansen, Kjell Heimdal