Patents by Inventor Lucien J. M. Breems

Lucien J. M. Breems 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: 7876250
    Abstract: An analog to digital conversion circuit comprises a first digital noise cancellation filter (16) configured to provide a signal to cancel quantization noise from an analog to digital converted output signal. In a calibration phase a second digital noise cancellation filter (26) is has an input coupled to an input of the first digital noise cancellation filter (16). Mutually different sets of at least one-filter coefficients are programmed in the first and second digital noise canceling filters (16, 26). A difference is computed of averaged size indications of digital output signals derived using signals from the first and second digital noise cancellation filters (16, 26) using the same input signal. Updates of the sets of at least one filter coefficients are adapted dependent on the difference between the averaged size indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Lucien J. M. Breems, Robert Rutten, Hendrik Van Der Ploeg
  • Publication number: 20100176976
    Abstract: An analog to digital conversion circuit comprises a first digital noise cancellation filter (16) configured to provide a signal to cancel quantization noise from an analog to digital converted output signal. In a calibration phase a second digital noise cancellation filter (26) is has an input coupled to an input of the first digital noise cancellation filter (16). Mutually different sets of least one-filter coefficients are programmed in the first and second digital noise canceling filters (16, 26). A difference is computed of averaged size indications of digital output signals derived using signals from the first and second digital noise cancellation filters (16, 26) using the same input signal. Updates of the sets of at least one filter coefficients are adapted dependent on the difference between the averaged size indications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Lucien J. M. Breems, Robert Rutten, Hendrik Van Der Ploeg