Patents by Inventor Merlin Green

Merlin Green 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).

  • Analog/digital co-design methodology to achieve high linearity and low power dissipation in a radio frequency (RF) receiver
    Patent number: 8964901
    Abstract: Receiver design techniques are provided that are capable of producing relatively efficient, linear radio frequency (RF) receivers. During a design process, components of an analog receiver chain and digital nonlinearity compensation techniques are considered together to achieve reduced power consumption in the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Helen Kim, Merlin Green, Andrew Bolstad, Daniel D. Santiago, Michael N. Ericson, Karen Gettings, Benjamin A. Miller
  • Method and apparatus for sparse polynomial equalization of RF receiver chains
    Patent number: 8958470
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) receiver includes an analog receiver chain followed by digital circuitry for reducing nonlinear distortion components within an output signal of the analog receiver chain. In at least one embodiment, the digital circuitry includes a digital equalizer that is configured with a sparse set of Volterra series coefficients. In this manner, a desired level of linearity performance may be achieved in the receiver with relatively low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Andrew Bolstad, Benjamin A. Miller, Karen Gettings, Merlin Green, Helen Kim, Joel Goodman
  • Method and Apparatus for Sparse Polynomial Equalization of RF Receiver Chains
    Publication number: 20140029660
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) receiver includes an analog receiver chain followed by digital circuitry for reducing nonlinear distortion components within an output signal of the analog receiver chain. In at least one embodiment, the digital circuitry includes a digital equalizer that is configured with a sparse set of Volterra series coefficients. In this manner, a desired level of linearity performance may be achieved in the receiver with relatively low power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew Bolstad, Benjamin A. Miller, Karen Gettings, Merlin Green, Helen Kim, Joel Goodman
  • Analog/Digital Co-Design Methodology to Achieve High Linearity and Low Power Dissipation in a Radio Frequency (RF) Receiver
    Publication number: 20140029658
    Abstract: Receiver design techniques are provided that are capable of producing relatively efficient, linear radio frequency (RF) receivers. During a design process, components of an analog receiver chain and digital nonlinearity compensation techniques are considered together to achieve reduced power consumption in the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Helen Kim, Merlin Green, Andrew Bolstad, Daniel D. Santiago, Michael N. Ericson, Karen Gettings, Benjamin A. Miller
  • Analog/Digital Co-Design Methodology to Achieve High Linearity and Low Power Dissipation in a Radio Frequency (RF) Receiver
    Publication number: 20140030995
    Abstract: Receiver design techniques are provided that are capable of producing relatively efficient, linear radio frequency (RF) receivers. During a design process, components of an analog receiver chain and digital nonlinearity compensation techniques are considered together to achieve reduced power consumption in the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Helen Kim, Merlin Green, Andrew Bolstad, Daniel D. Santiago, Michael N. Ericson, Karen Gettings, Benjamin A. Miller