Patents by Inventor Massimo Brandolini

Massimo Brandolini 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).

  • Publication number: 20120082272
    Abstract: Method and apparatuses are disclosed to substantially compensate for various unwanted interferences and/or distortions within a communications receiver. Each of these apparatuses and methods estimate the various unwanted interferences and/or distortions within the communications receiver. Each of these apparatuses and methods remove the estimates of the various unwanted interferences and/or distortions within the communications receiver from one or more communications signals within the communications receiver to substantially compensate for the various unwanted interferences and/or distortions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ramon Alejandro Gomez, Bruce J. Currivan, Massimo Brandolini, Young Shin, Francesco Gatta, Hanli Zou, Loke Kun Tan, Lin He, Thomas Joseph Kolze, Leonard Dauphinee, Robindra Joshi, Binning Chen
  • Publication number: 20120082276
    Abstract: Method and apparatuses are disclosed to substantially compensate for various unwanted interferences and/or distortions within a communications receiver. Each of these apparatuses and methods estimate the various unwanted interferences and/or distortions within the communications receiver. Each of these apparatuses and methods remove the estimates of the various unwanted interferences and/or distortions within the communications receiver from one or more communications signals within the communications receiver to substantially compensate for the various unwanted interferences and/or distortions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ramon Alejandro Gomez, Bruce J. Currivan, Massimo Brandolini, Young Shin, Francesco Gatta, Hanli Zou, Loke Kun Tan, Lin He, Thomas Joseph Kolze, Leonard Dauphinee, Robindra Joshi, Binning Chen
  • Publication number: 20120082277
    Abstract: Method and apparatuses are disclosed to substantially compensate for various unwanted interferences and/or distortions within a communications receiver. Each of these apparatuses and methods estimate the various unwanted interferences and/or distortions within the communications receiver. Each of these apparatuses and methods remove the estimates of the various unwanted interferences and/or distortions within the communications receiver from one or more communications signals within the communications receiver to substantially compensate for the various unwanted interferences and/or distortions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ramon Alejandro Gomez, Bruce J. Currivan, Massimo Brandolini, Young Shin, Francesco Gatta, Hanli Zou, Loke Kun Tan, Lin He, Thomas Joseph Kolze, Leonard Dauphinee, Robindra Joshi, Binning Chen
  • Patent number: 8107916
    Abstract: Systems and methods for demodulating a plurality of contiguous channels contained within a bandlimited portion of a radio-frequency (RF) input signal are provided. In an embodiment, the bandlimited portion of the RF input signal is down-converted to baseband. After down-conversion, the bandlimited portion overlaps at baseband with a mirror image of the bandlimited portion. The plurality of contiguous channels within the down-converted signal similarly overlap at baseband and subsequently occupy a bandwidth substantially equal to half that required before down-converting. Image rejection is performed in the digital domain to recover each of the plurality of overlapping channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Francesco Gatta, Ramon Gomez, Leonard Dauphinee, Young Joon Shin, Hanli Zou, Massimo Brandolini, Giuseppe Cusmai
  • Publication number: 20100067630
    Abstract: Systems and methods for demodulating a plurality of contiguous channels contained within a bandlimited portion of a radio-frequency (RF) input signal are provided. In an embodiment, the bandlimited portion of the RF input signal is down-converted to baseband. After down-conversion, the bandlimited portion overlaps at baseband with a mirror image of the bandlimited portion. The plurality of contiguous channels within the down-converted signal similarly overlap at baseband and subsequently occupy a bandwidth substantially equal to half that required before down-converting. Image rejection is performed in the digital domain to recover each of the plurality of overlapping channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Francesco GATTA, Ramon Gomez, Leonard Dauphinee, Young Joon Shin, Hanli Zou, Massimo Brandolini, Giuseppe Cusmai
  • Publication number: 20100066917
    Abstract: Systems and methods for demodulating a plurality of contiguous channels contained within a bandlimited portion of a radio-frequency (RF) input signal are provided. In an embodiment, the bandlimited portion of the RF input signal is down-converted to baseband. After down-conversion, the bandlimited portion overlaps at baseband with a mirror image of the bandlimited portion. The plurality of contiguous channels within the down-converted signal similarly overlap at baseband and subsequently occupy a bandwidth substantially equal to half that required before down-converting. Image rejection is performed in the digital domain to recover each of the plurality of overlapping channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Francesco Gatta, Ramon Gomez, Leonard Dauphinee, Young Joon Shin, Hanli Zou, Massimo Brandolini, Giuseppe Cusmai
  • Patent number: 7554381
    Abstract: The mixer amplifier includes an amplification stage having a current source circuit and a plug filter adapted to modify the current circulating in the current source circuit. The amplification stage and a mixer stage amplify an incoming signal and transpose the frequency of the signal to a predetermined frequency. Resistors pairs measure the imbalance between two branches and have a relatively high value (thus creating a high-pass filter). When the branches are perfectly balanced, the voltage tapped by the non-inverting terminal of the operational amplifier A is zero. During an imbalance, this voltage rises. The output of the amplifier drives the TNP transistor T9, causing current to flow into branches to solicit the transistors T7 or T8 of the current source circuits and thus return the two branches to balance. Accordingly, a balance is maintained between the two branches by providing a feedback within the mixer amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Didier Belot, Francesco Svelto, Marco Sosio, Massimo Brandolini
  • Publication number: 20080042726
    Abstract: The mixer amplifier includes an amplification stage having a current source circuit and a plug filter adapted to modify the current circulating in the current source circuit. The amplification stage and a mixer stage amplify an incoming signal and transpose the frequency of the signal to a predetermined frequency. Resistors pairs measure the imbalance between two branches and have a relatively high value (thus creating a high-pass filter). When the branches are perfectly balanced, the voltage tapped by the non-inverting terminal of the operational amplifier A is zero. During an imbalance, this voltage rises. The output of the amplifier drives the TNP transistor T9, causing current to flow into branches to solicit the transistors T7 or T8 of the current source circuits and thus return the two branches to balance. Accordingly, a balance is maintained between the two branches by providing a feedback within the mixer amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Didier Belot, Francesco Svelto, Marco Sosio, Massimo Brandolini