Patents by Inventor Michael Boehm

Michael Boehm 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: 20250147159
    Abstract: A SPAD macro-cell comprises an array of SPAD unit, each of which comprises a SPAD and a quenching circuit for the SPAD, a combination tree to combine output signals from the SPAD units and a time-to-digital converter (TDC) operably connected to an output of the combination tree. The SPAD macro-cell is divided to a plurality of sub-cells. The SPAD macro-cell further comprises a control circuit configured to enable at least one or some SPAD units in each sub-cell in a time period and enable another one or some other SPAD units in each sub-cell in the next time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Scott LINDNER, Michael BOEHM, Pierre-Yves TALOUD
  • Patent number: 12038474
    Abstract: An electronic instrument is described. The electronic instrument includes a transmitter circuit, wherein the transmitter circuit is configured to transmit a test signal to a device under test. The electronic instrument further includes a receiver circuit, wherein the receiver circuit is configured to receive an output signal from the device under test. The electronic instrument further includes a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine at least one signal quality indicator based on the output signal received from the device under test. The at least one signal quality indicator is indicative of a signal quality of the output signal. Further, a signal analysis method of analyzing a signal received from a device under test is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Petzsch, Michael Boehme
  • Publication number: 20240027524
    Abstract: An electronic instrument is described. The electronic instrument includes a transmitter circuit, wherein the transmitter circuit is configured to transmit a test signal to a device under test. The electronic instrument further includes a receiver circuit, wherein the receiver circuit is configured to receive an output signal from the device under test. The electronic instrument further includes a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine at least one signal quality indicator based on the output signal received from the device under test. The at least one signal quality indicator is indicative of a signal quality of the output signal. Further, a signal analysis method of analyzing a signal received from a device under test is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Petzsch, Michael Boehme
  • Patent number: 11805620
    Abstract: A thermal management system and method for cooling a CT detector assembly of a CT imaging system. The thermal management system uses a combination of air cooling for the readout electronics of the CT detector assembly and liquid cooling for the X-ray sensors of the CT detector assembly. The hybrid air and liquid cooling systems and methods may be coupled together in the thermal management system and method to create a cooler temperature in the CT detector assembly. The CT detector assembly components may include CT detector modules, which may include X-ray sensors, readout electronics and other components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Prismatic Sensors AB
    Inventors: Nicholas Konkle, Eric Aasen, Scott Slavic, Kyle Reiser, Michael Boehm, Mats Hedberg
  • Patent number: 11706273
    Abstract: A host side is adapted to be connected to a client side by means of a clock wire, a selection wire, a first data wire and a second data wire. The host side is configured to transmit a digital selection signal over the selection wire to the client side, the selection signal determining either an audio transmission mode or a client communication mode. Further, the host side is configured to transmit digital audio data of a first channel and a second channel over the first and the second data wire to the client side in the audio transmission mode, and to perform client communication over the first and the second data wire in the client communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: AMS AG
    Inventors: Horst Gether, Stefan Bernhard, Michael Boehm
  • Patent number: 11682120
    Abstract: A method of determining a signal histogram having a predetermined number of bins. The method includes: receiving an input signal; decimating the input signal, thereby generating a decimated signal that includes a maximum signal value and a minimum signal value associated with the maximum signal value; assigning the maximum signal value to a maximum bin of a signal histogram; assigning the minimum signal value to a minimum bin of the signal histogram; and filling at least one intermediate bin of the signal histogram with an intermediate value, wherein the intermediate bin is located between the minimum bin and the maximum bin in the signal histogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Guenther, Michael Boehme
  • Patent number: 11682948
    Abstract: A control device for controlling an electric motor of an electrical device may include a flat plate and a power electronics. The plate may extend in a plate plane. The power electronics may include a plurality of electronic components arranged and interconnected on the plate. The power electronics may have at least one electronic power component that produces waste heat during operation. The at least one electronic power component may be arranged such that a body of the at least one electronic power component penetrates the plate plane. A plurality of power connections, via which the at least one electronic power component may be interconnected to the plurality of electronic components, may be arranged at an edge of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Bielesch, Michael Boehm, Andrej Rul, Wojciech Stasch, Stefan Wehle, Benjamin Weimann
  • Publication number: 20220284587
    Abstract: A method of determining a signal histogram having a predetermined number of bins. The method includes: receiving an input signal; decimating the input signal, thereby generating a decimated signal that includes a maximum signal value and a minimum signal value associated with the maximum signal value; assigning the maximum signal value to a maximum bin of a signal histogram; assigning the minimum signal value to a minimum bin of the signal histogram; and filling at least one intermediate bin of the signal histogram with an intermediate value, wherein the intermediate bin is located between the minimum bin and the maximum bin in the signal histogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Guenther, Michael Boehme
  • Patent number: 11378592
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a measured signal is described wherein at least a first segment and a second segment of said measured signal are acquired by a measurement device. At least said first segment and said second segment are stored in an acquisition memory of said measurement device. A search criterion is applied on at least said first segment and said second segment. At least a first timing event corresponding to said search criterion is stored into a memory, said first timing event being found in at least one of said segments. Further, an oscilloscope is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Barthel, Michael Boehme, Thomas Guenther
  • Publication number: 20220153167
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronic control unit (ECU) for a vehicle. The ECU includes a 12V-domain controlling an electric load supplied with a first supply voltage and a 48V-domain controlling an electric load supplied with a second supply voltage. Both domains are arranged on a single printed circuit board (PCB) and are galvanically isolated from each other and connected with each other by a galvanically isolated data interface that transfers data between the domains according to a half-duplex or a full-duplex communication protocol. The 48V-domain includes a 48V-microcontroller and a 48V-power supply supplying the 48V-microcontroller, where the 48V-power supply is powered by the first supply voltage from the 12V-domain via a galvanically isolated supply interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Radu Bunea, Uwe Ulbrich, Robert Istvan Loerincz, Catalin Purdel, Michael Boehme, Vlad Catalin Ruxandu
  • Publication number: 20220131916
    Abstract: A host side is adapted to be connected to a client side by means of a clock wire, a selection wire, a first data wire and a second data wire. The host side is configured to transmit a digital selection signal over the selection wire to the client side, the selection signal determining either an audio transmission mode or a client communication mode. Further, the host side is configured to transmit digital audio data of a first channel and a second channel over the first and the second data wire to the client side in the audio transmission mode, and to perform client communication over the first and the second data wire in the client communication mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Horst GETHER, Stefan BERNHARD, Michael BOEHM
  • Publication number: 20220071057
    Abstract: A thermal management system and method for cooling a CT detector assembly of a CT imaging system. The thermal management system uses a combination of air cooling for the readout electronics of the CT detector assembly and liquid cooling for the X-ray sensors of the CT detector assembly. The hybrid air and liquid cooling systems and methods may be coupled together in the thermal management system and method to create a cooler temperature in the CT detector assembly. The CT detector assembly components may include CT detector modules, which may include X-ray sensors, readout electronics and other components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas Konkle, Eric Aasen, Scott Slavic, Kyle Reiser, Michael Boehm, Mats Hedberg
  • Publication number: 20210135548
    Abstract: A control device for controlling an electric motor of an electrical device may include a flat plate and a power electronics. The plate may extend in a plate plane. The power electronics may include a plurality of electronic components arranged and interconnected on the plate. The power electronics may have at least one electronic power component that produces waste heat during operation. The at least one electronic power component may be arranged such that a body of the at least one electronic power component penetrates the plate plane. A plurality of power connections, via which the at least one electronic power component may be interconnected to the plurality of electronic components, may be arranged at an edge of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Bielesch, Michael Boehm, Andrej Rul, Wojciech Stasch, Stefan Wehle, Benjamin Weimann
  • Patent number: 10802050
    Abstract: Methods for analyzing a measured signal, and a measurement unit for carrying out these methods, are provided. The method includes, acquiring at least a first segment and a second segment of the measured signal by a measurement unit; storing the at least a first segment and a second segment in an acquisition memory of the measurement unit; applying a filter on the at least a first segment and a second segment; and storing at least one segment of the at least a first segment and a second segment that corresponds to the filter into at least one of a display memory and a processor memory of the measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Barthel, Thomas Guenther, Michael Boehme
  • Patent number: 10763014
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrical conductor may include cutting an electrically conductive round wire composed of copper to a predefined desired length and plastically forming the round wire, in at least one forming section, into a predefined desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bielesch, Michael Boehm, Wojciech Stasch
  • Publication number: 20190333659
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrical conductor may include cutting an electrically conductive round wire composed of copper to a predefined desired length and plastically forming the round wire, in at least one forming section, into a predefined desired shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Bielesch, Michael Boehm, Wojciech Stasch
  • Publication number: 20190128925
    Abstract: Methods for analyzing a measured signal, and a measurement unit for carrying out these methods, are provided. The method includes, acquiring at least a first segment and a second segment of the measured signal by a measurement unit; storing the at least a first segment and a second segment in an acquisition memory of the measurement unit; applying a filter on the at least a first segment and a second segment; and storing at least one segment of the at least a first segment and a second segment that corresponds to the filter into at least one of a display memory and a processor memory of the measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Barthel, Thomas Guenther, Michael Boehme
  • Publication number: 20190079115
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a measured signal is described wherein at least a first segment and a second segment of said measured signal are acquired by a measurement device. At least said first segment and said second segment are stored in an acquisition memory of said measurement device. A search criterion is applied on at least said first segment and said second segment. At least a first timing event corresponding to said search criterion is stored into a memory, said first timing event being found in at least one of said segments. Further, an oscilloscope is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Barthel, Michael Boehme, Thomas Guenther
  • Patent number: 10220894
    Abstract: A vehicle including a rear seat arrangement for a rear seat row and having a spare wheel recess arranged in the rear region of the vehicle—relative to a vehicle longitudinal axis—a spare wheel for the vehicle being received the spare wheel recess. A rigid carrier portion, which is fixed to the body of a supporting structure of the rear seat arrangement, is located with a lower face facing the cover of the spare wheel recess above a reference plane or extends along a reference plane, wherein the reference plane runs at an angle a to the wheel plane on the front face of the spare wheel and the wheel plane intersects a cutting line which is located in a vertical plane running perpendicular to the vehicle longitudinal axis and tangential to the running surface of the spare wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Sergej Kostin, Michael Boehm
  • Patent number: 9841244
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for heating a liquid is provided, in particular, for high-pressure cleaners, including an inner and an outer heating coil which each have a plurality of turns, and including spacers which are arranged between the inner heating coil and the outer heating coil and are distributed over the circumference of the inner heating coil. To develop the heat exchanger in such a way that it can be manufactured more cost-effectively and is highly efficient, at least one turn of the outer heating coil includes between two spacers immediately adjacent to each other a first turn section in which the radial spacing from the inner heating coil is smaller or larger than in the region of the spacers. Two methods for manufacturing such a heat exchanger are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Boehm, Stefan Ehrhardt, Siegmar Munz