Patents by Inventor Negar Rashidi

Negar Rashidi 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: 20240204795
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for sharing digital-to-analog (DAC) converters in a reconfigurable DAC circuit to support two or more transmit chains of a wireless transmitter configured for different radio access technologies (RATs) and/or different transmitter architectures. One example DAC circuit generally includes at least four DACs and a plurality of switches coupled to outputs of the at least four DACs such that the DAC circuit is configured as a multi-channel DAC circuit with at least four channels for a first set of one or more frequency bands and as an interleaved DAC circuit with at least two channels for a second set of one or more frequency bands different from the first set of frequency bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Ashok SWAMINATHAN, Nitz SAPUTRA, Negar RASHIDI, Shahin MEHDIZAD TALEIE, Chinmaya MISHRA, Dongwon SEO, Jong Hyeon PARK, Sang-June PARK
  • Patent number: 11990911
    Abstract: In certain aspects, a method for providing a first drive clock signal and a second drive clock signal to a first sub-digital-to-analog converter (sub-DAC) and a second sub-DAC includes receiving an input clock signal, and dividing the input clock signal to generate a first divided clock signal and a second divided clock signal. The method also includes gating the input clock signal using the first divided clock signal to generate the first drive clock signal, and inputting the first drive clock signal to a clock input of the first sub-DAC. The method further includes gating the input clock signal using the second divided clock signal to generate the second drive clock signal, and inputting the second drive clock signal to a clock input of the second sub-DAC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Negar Rashidi, Nitz Saputra, Ashok Swaminathan
  • Publication number: 20230299757
    Abstract: In certain aspects, a method for providing a first drive clock signal and a second drive clock signal to a first sub-digital-to-analog converter (sub-DAC) and a second sub-DAC includes receiving an input clock signal, and dividing the input clock signal to generate a first divided clock signal and a second divided clock signal. The method also includes gating the input clock signal using the first divided clock signal to generate the first drive clock signal, and inputting the first drive clock signal to a clock input of the first sub-DAC. The method further includes gating the input clock signal using the second divided clock signal to generate the second drive clock signal, and inputting the second drive clock signal to a clock input of the second sub-DAC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Negar RASHIDI, Nitz SAPUTRA, Ashok SWAMINATHAN
  • Patent number: 11184018
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to circuitry and techniques for digital-to-analog conversion. For example, certain aspects provide an apparatus for digital-to-analog conversion. The apparatus generally includes a mixing-mode digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a duty cycle adjustment circuit having an input coupled to an input clock node and having an output coupled to a clock input of the mixing-mode DAC, and a current comparison circuit having inputs coupled to outputs of the mixing-mode DAC and having an output coupled to a control input of the duty cycle adjustment circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xilin Liu, Parisa Mahmoudidaryan, Shahin Mehdizad Taleie, Negar Rashidi, Dongwon Seo
  • Patent number: 10516412
    Abstract: An interleaved digital-to-analog converter (DAC) system may include a first sub-DAC and a second sub-DAC and may be configured to provide both a converter output signal and a calibration output signal. The converter output signal may be provided by adding the first sub-DAC output signal and the second sub-DAC output signal. The calibration output signal may be provided by subtracting one of the first and second sub-DAC output signals from the other. The calibration output signal may be used as feedback to adjust the phase of one of the sub-DACs relative to the other, to promote phase matching their output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shahin Mehdizad Taleie, Ashok Swaminathan, Sudharsan Kanagaraj, Negar Rashidi, Siyu Yang, Behnam Sedighi, Honghao Ji, Jaswinder Singh, Andrew Weil, Dongwon Seo, Xilin Liu
  • Patent number: 9771543
    Abstract: A process for producing a composition having a ratio by weight of C10-C26 monobranched fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof to C10-C26 polybranched fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof of greater than 6 using a zeolite, preferably ferrierite, isomerization catalyst. The zeolite catalyst is preferably the only isomerization catalyst used. The zeolite catalyst can be reused many times after simple separation from the reaction products without having to be regenerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC
    Inventors: Tanja Van Bergen-Brenkman, Negar Rashidi, Bastiaan Wels
  • Publication number: 20150291912
    Abstract: A process for producing a composition having a ratio by weight of C10-C26 monobranched fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof to C10-C26 polybranched fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof of greater than 6 using a zeolite, preferably ferrierite, isomerisation catalyst. The zeolite catalyst is preferably the only isomerisation catalyst used. The zeolite catalyst can be reused many times after simple separation from the reaction products without having to be regenerated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC
    Inventors: Tanja Van Bergen-Brenkman, Negar Rashidi, Bastiaan Wels