Patents by Inventor Masoud Babaie
Masoud Babaie 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).
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Publication number: 20240340014Abstract: Examples relate to a circuit arrangement, a time-mode arithmetic unit circuit arrangement, an all-digital phase-locked loop, and corresponding methods. A circuit arrangement is configured to discard charges from a capacitive circuit element of the circuit arrangement based on a width of one or more signal pulses of an input signal being provided to the circuit arrangement, with the rate at which the charges are discarded being dependent on at least one control signal being provided to the circuit arrangement. The circuit arrangement is configured to provide an output signal flank having a delay relative to a readout signal flank being provided to the circuit arrangement, with the delay being based on the charges stored in the capacitive circuit element at the time the readout signal flank is provided to the circuit arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: October 10, 2024Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, SONY EUROPE B.V.Inventors: Zhong GAO, Masoud BABAIE, Martin FRITZ, Jingchu HE, Morteza ALAVI, Bogdan STASZEWSKI
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Patent number: 11770101Abstract: The invention relates to a radio frequency oscillator, the radio frequency oscillator comprising a resonator circuit being resonant at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a differential mode and at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the differential mode, and wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the common mode, a first excitation circuit being configured to excite the resonator circuit in the differential mode to obtain a differential mode oscillator signal oscillating at the differential mode resonance frequency, and a second excitation circuit being configured to excite the resonator circuit in the common mode to obtain a common mode oscillator signal oscillating at the common mode resonance frequency.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mina Shahmohammadi, Masoud Babaie, Robert Bogdan Staszewski
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Patent number: 11646697Abstract: The invention relates to a resonator circuit, the resonator circuit comprising a transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary winding is inductively coupled with the secondary winding, a primary capacitor being connected to the primary winding, the primary capacitor and the primary winding forming a primary circuit, and a secondary capacitor being connected to the secondary winding, the secondary capacitor and the secondary winding forming a secondary circuit, wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a differential mode, and wherein the common mode resonance frequency is different from the differential mode resonance frequency.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mina Shahmohammadi, Masoud Babaie, Robert Bogdan Staszewski
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Publication number: 20220360219Abstract: The invention relates to a radio frequency oscillator, the radio frequency oscillator comprising a resonator circuit being resonant at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a differential mode and at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the differential mode, and wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the common mode, a first excitation circuit being configured to excite the resonator circuit in the differential mode to obtain a differential mode oscillator signal oscillating at the differential mode resonance frequency, and a second excitation circuit being configured to excite the resonator circuit in the common mode to obtain a common mode oscillator signal oscillating at the common mode resonance frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Mina SHAHMOHAMMADI, Masoud BABAIE, Robert Bogdan STASZEWSKI
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Publication number: 20220294393Abstract: The invention relates to a resonator circuit, the resonator circuit comprising a transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary winding is inductively coupled with the secondary winding, a primary capacitor being connected to the primary winding, the primary capacitor and the primary winding forming a primary circuit, and a secondary capacitor being connected to the secondary winding, the secondary capacitor and the secondary winding forming a secondary circuit, wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a differential mode, and wherein the common mode resonance frequency is different from the differential mode resonance frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Mina SHAHMOHAMMADI, Masoud BABAIE, Robert Bogdan STASZEWSKI
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Patent number: 11336229Abstract: The disclosure relates to a radio frequency oscillator. The radio frequency oscillator includes a resonator circuit being resonant at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a differential mode and at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a common mode. The resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the differential mode, and the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the common mode. A first excitation circuit is configured to excite the resonator circuit in the differential mode to obtain a differential mode oscillator signal oscillating at the differential mode resonance frequency, and a second excitation circuit is configured to excite the resonator circuit in the common mode to obtain a common mode oscillator signal oscillating at the common mode resonance frequency.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mina Shahmohammadi, Masoud Babaie, Robert Bogdan Staszewski
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Patent number: 11323069Abstract: A resonator circuit includes a transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding. The primary winding is inductively coupled with the secondary winding. A primary capacitor is connected to the primary winding. The primary capacitor and the primary winding form a primary circuit. A secondary capacitor is connected to the secondary winding. The secondary capacitor and the secondary winding form a secondary circuit. The resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a common mode. The resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a differential mode. The common mode resonance frequency is different from the differential mode resonance frequency.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mina Shahmohammadi, Masoud Babaie, Robert Bogdan Staszewski
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Publication number: 20220094341Abstract: Quantum circuit assemblies that employ active pulse shaping in order to be able to control states of a plurality of qubits with signal pulses propagated over a shared signal propagation channel are disclosed. An example quantum circuit assembly includes a quantum circuit component that includes a first qubit, associated with a first frequency to control the state of the first qubit, and a second qubit, associated with a second frequency to control the state of the second qubit. A shared transmission channel is coupled to the first and second qubits. The assembly further includes a signal pulse generation circuit, configured to generate a signal pulse to be propagated over the shared transmission channel to control the state of the first qubit, where the signal pulse has a center frequency at the first frequency, a bandwidth that includes the second frequency, and a notch at the second frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Stefano Pellerano, Jeroen Petrus Gerardus van Dijk, Bishnu Patra, Masoud Babaie, Fabio Sebastiano, Edoardo Charbon
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Publication number: 20210336583Abstract: The disclosure relates to a radio frequency oscillator, the radio frequency oscillator comprising a resonator circuit being resonant at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a differential mode and at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the differential mode, and wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the common mode, a first excitation circuit being configured to excite the resonator circuit in the differential mode to obtain a differential mode oscillator signal oscillating at the differential mode resonance frequency, and a second excitation circuit being configured to excite the resonator circuit in the common mode to obtain a common mode oscillator signal oscillating at the common mode resonance frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Mina SHAHMOHAMMADI, Masoud BABAIE, Robert Bogdan STASZEWSKI
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Publication number: 20210313931Abstract: The invention relates to a resonator circuit, the resonator circuit comprising a transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary winding is inductively coupled with the secondary winding, a primary capacitor being connected to the primary winding, the primary capacitor and the primary winding forming a primary circuit, and a secondary capacitor being connected to the secondary winding, the secondary capacitor and the secondary winding forming a secondary circuit, wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a differential mode, and wherein the common mode resonance frequency is different from the differential mode resonance frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Mina SHAHMOHAMMADI, Masoud BABAIE, Robert Bogdan STASZEWSKI
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Patent number: 11025197Abstract: The invention relates to a resonator circuit, the resonator circuit comprising a transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary winding is inductively coupled with the secondary winding, a primary capacitor being connected to the primary winding, the primary capacitor and the primary winding forming a primary circuit, and a secondary capacitor being connected to the secondary winding, the secondary capacitor and the secondary winding forming a secondary circuit, wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a differential mode, and wherein the common mode resonance frequency is different from the differential mode resonance frequency.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mina Shahmohammadi, Masoud Babaie, Robert Bogdan Staszewski
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Patent number: 11025198Abstract: The invention relates to a radio frequency oscillator, the radio frequency oscillator comprising a resonator circuit being resonant at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a differential mode and at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the differential mode, and wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the common mode, a first excitation circuit being configured to excite the resonator circuit in the differential mode to obtain a differential mode oscillator signal oscillating at the differential mode resonance frequency, and a second excitation circuit being configured to excite the resonator circuit in the common mode to obtain a common mode oscillator signal oscillating at the common mode resonance frequency.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mina Shahmohammadi, Masoud Babaie, Robert Bogdan Staszewski
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Patent number: 10892710Abstract: An LC oscillator powering arrangement comprises an LC oscillator configured to provide an oscillating signal output; a current source configured to supply the LC oscillator with a supply current, the current source during operation being controlled by a control voltage and supplied with a supply voltage subject to supply voltage ripple; and a replication block configured to generate an amplified replica of the supply voltage ripple directly from the supply voltage and to overlay the replica on the control voltage.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: STICHTING IMEC NEDERLANDInventors: Yue Chen, Masoud Babaie
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Publication number: 20200313617Abstract: The invention relates to a radio frequency oscillator, the radio frequency oscillator comprising a resonator circuit being resonant at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a differential mode and at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the differential mode, and wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the common mode, a first excitation circuit being configured to excite the resonator circuit in the differential mode to obtain a differential mode oscillator signal oscillating at the differential mode resonance frequency, and a second excitation circuit being configured to excite the resonator circuit in the common mode to obtain a common mode oscillator signal oscillating at the common mode resonance frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Mina SHAHMOHAMMADI, Masoud BABAIE, Robert Bogdan STASZEWSKI
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Publication number: 20200304068Abstract: The invention relates to a resonator circuit, the resonator circuit comprising a transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary winding is inductively coupled with the secondary winding, a primary capacitor being connected to the primary winding, the primary capacitor and the primary winding forming a primary circuit, and a secondary capacitor being connected to the secondary winding, the secondary capacitor and the secondary winding forming a secondary circuit, wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a differential mode, and wherein the common mode resonance frequency is different from the differential mode resonance frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Mina SHAHMOHAMMADI, Masoud BABAIE, Robert Bogdan STASZEWSKI
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Patent number: 10644648Abstract: The embodiments of the invention relate to a radio frequency oscillator, the radio frequency oscillator comprising a resonator circuit resonant at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a differential mode and at an excitation of the resonator circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the differential mode, and wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at the excitation in the common mode, a first excitation circuit configured to excite the resonator circuit in the differential mode to obtain a differential mode oscillator signal oscillating at the differential mode resonance frequency, and a second excitation circuit configured to excite the resonator circuit in the common mode to obtain a common mode oscillator signal oscillating at the common mode resonance frequency.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mina Shahmohammadi, Masoud Babaie, Robert Bogdan Staszewski
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Patent number: 10637395Abstract: The invention relates to a resonator circuit, the resonator circuit comprising a transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary winding is inductively coupled with the secondary winding, a primary capacitor being connected to the primary winding, the primary capacitor and the primary winding forming a primary circuit, and a secondary capacitor being connected to the secondary winding, the secondary capacitor and the secondary winding forming a secondary circuit, wherein the resonator circuit has a common mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a common mode, wherein the resonator circuit has a differential mode resonance frequency at an excitation of the primary circuit in a differential mode, and wherein the common mode resonance frequency is different from the differential mode resonance frequency.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mina Shahmohammadi, Masoud Babaie, Robert Bogdan Staszewski
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Publication number: 20190372525Abstract: An LC oscillator powering arrangement comprises an LC oscillator configured to provide an oscillating signal output; a current source configured to supply the LC oscillator with a supply current, the current source during operation being controlled by a control voltage and supplied with a supply voltage subject to supply voltage ripple; and a replication block configured to generate an amplified replica of the supply voltage ripple directly from the supply voltage and to overlay the replica on the control voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Yue Chen, Masoud Babaie
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Patent number: 10326491Abstract: A transceiving device includes: a signal port, arranged to relay an RF input signal during a first mode, and to relay an RF output signal during a second mode different from the first mode; a receiver, coupled to the signal port; a transmitter, coupled to the signal port; and a first adjustable capacitor, coupled to the signal port. The second adjustable capacitor is arranged to have a first capacitance during the first mode such that the RF input signal is received by the receiver, and the second adjustable capacitor is arranged to have a second capacitance during the second mode such that the RF output signal is transmitted to the signal port.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Feng Wei Kuo, Huan-Neng Chen, Lan-Chou Cho, Chewn-Pu Jou, Robert Bogdan Staszewski, Masoud Babaie
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Publication number: 20180343027Abstract: A transceiving device includes: a signal port, arranged to relay an RF input signal during a first mode, and to relay an RF output signal during a second mode different from the first mode; a receiver, coupled to the signal port; a transmitter, coupled to the signal port; and a first adjustable capacitor, coupled to the signal port. The second adjustable capacitor is arranged to have a first capacitance during the first mode such that the RF input signal is received by the receiver, and the second adjustable capacitor is arranged to have a second capacitance during the second mode such that the RF output signal is transmitted to the signal port.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: FENG WEI KUO, HUAN-NENG CHEN, LAN-CHOU CHO, CHEWN-PU JOU, ROBERT BOGDAN STASZEWSKI, MASOUD BABAIE