Patents by Inventor Mack Mansouri

Mack Mansouri 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: 12476638
    Abstract: An adjustable clock that may be implemented on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The adjustable clock may be highly accurate and stable, and may be adjustable in response to software commands. The adjustable clock may be configured to generate a clock signal that is synchronized in frequency and/or phase with a clock that is external to the FPGA, such as a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) clock. The FPGA may implement the adjustable clock with a number of elements as programmable logic, including a numerically-controlled frequency divider, a multi-tap delay line, logic configured to dynamically select, for each clock pulse, a delay of the multi-tap delay line, and a feedback loop to control the numerically-controlled frequency divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugen Warkentin, Mack Mansouri
  • Publication number: 20250088191
    Abstract: An adjustable clock that may be implemented on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The adjustable clock may be highly accurate and stable, and may be adjustable in response to software commands. The adjustable clock may be configured to generate a clock signal that is synchronized in frequency and/or phase with a clock that is external to the FPGA, such as a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) clock. The FPGA may implement the adjustable clock with a number of elements as programmable logic, including a numerically-controlled frequency divider, a multi-tap delay line, logic configured to dynamically select, for each clock pulse, a delay of the multi-tap delay line, and a feedback loop to control the numerically-controlled frequency divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Eugen Warkentin, Mack Mansouri
  • Patent number: 10470180
    Abstract: A wireless microphone system efficiently combines a pair of antennas so that radio frequency (RF) signals may be transmitted to and from multiple receivers and multiple wireless microphones. The wireless microphone system supports a general radio access technology and may comply with a Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) specification. The resource manager combines a received RF component with a first digital component via a first coaxial link to a connected receiver. The receiver also combines a transmitted RF component with a second digital component via a second coaxial link to the resource manager. The first digital component further includes synchronization and data sub-components, which are separated at the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mack Mansouri, Myzil Elroy Boyce
  • Publication number: 20190230653
    Abstract: A wireless microphone system efficiently combines a pair of antennas so that radio frequency (RF) signals may be transmitted to and from multiple receivers and multiple wireless microphones. The wireless microphone system supports a general radio access technology and may comply with a Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) specification. The resource manager combines a received RF component with a first digital component via a first coaxial link to a connected receiver. The receiver also combines a transmitted RF component with a second digital component via a second coaxial link to the resource manager. The first digital component further includes synchronization and data sub-components, which are separated at the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Mack Mansouri, Myzil Elroy Boyce
  • Patent number: 6577640
    Abstract: A format programmable hardware packetizer (110) receives real-time raw input data (125) from a multimedia data source (103) via an analog to digital converter (105) and a data encoder (120) gated by encoder interrupts (127). The real-time raw input data is buffered in an internal byte collector of the packetizer (110). A main CPU interrupt (117) is issued to the main processor (130) when a packet boundary code is received. The packetizer (110) formats the data according to a desired format selected on line (115) for dump to the main memory (140) while providing a managed, much lower level of interrupts to the main processor (130) on the CPU interrupt line (117). A plurality of hardware packetizers (110) can be deployed according to alternative constructions for efficient real time packetizing in various selected formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mack Mansouri, Daniel Stewart, Steven Rossi
  • Publication number: 20030026280
    Abstract: A format programmable hardware packetizer (110) receives real-time raw input data (125) from a multimedia data source (103) via an analog to digital converter (105) and a data encoder (120) gated by encoder interrupts (127). The real-time raw input data is buffered in an internal byte collector of the packetizer (110). A main CPU interrupt (117) is issued to the main processor (130) when a packet boundary code is received. The packetizer (110) formats the data according to a desired format selected on line (115) for dump to the main memory (140) while providing a managed, much lower level of interrupts to the main processor (130) on the CPU interrupt line (117). A plurality of hardware packetizers (110) can be deployed according to alternative constructions for efficient real time packetizing in various selected formats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Mack Mansouri, Daniel Stewart, Steven Rossi
  • Patent number: 5905757
    Abstract: A filter co-processor within a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) takes advantage of the orthogonal nature of modulated signals during the equalization process. Since, after reception, only certain real/imaginary values of the received signal are useful for demodulation, the filter co-processor only processes those values to estimate the transmitted signal. By processing only those values useful for demodulation, the filter co-processor is able to process more information in a given amount of time, leading to increased processing when compared to the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kundmann, Mack Mansouri, Moshe Tarrab, Eran Pisek
  • Patent number: 5715282
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a receiver (100) of a wireless communication system is provided. The apparatus comprises a first filter (340) having a first cutoff frequency, a second filter (350) having a second cutoff frequency, a first data bit estimator (360) coupled to the first filter (340), a second data bit estimator (361) coupled to the second filter (350), a third data bit estimator (363), and decision logic (370) dynamically selecting one of the first and second filters based on a first bit count from the first data bit estimator (360), a second bit count from the second data bit estimator (361), and a third bit count from the third data bit estimator (363).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mack Mansouri, Richard Bontrager