Patents by Inventor Oded Katz

Oded Katz 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: 20170042127
    Abstract: A drinker system, comprising: a central pressure regulator configured regulate a fluid pressure to a regulated input pressure; and a plurality of pressure reducers each comprising: a high-pressure zone configured to receive the fluid from the regulator at the regulated input pressure, a low-pressure zone configured to provide the fluid to one of multiple drinker lines at a low output pressure maintained at a constant proportion to the regulated input pressure, and a moveable integral piece comprising a small diaphragm rigidly connected to a large diaphragm, wherein the small diaphragm is disposed in the high pressure zone and the large diaphragm is disposed in the low pressure zone, and wherein the constant proportion between the low output pressure and the regulated input pressure corresponds to the ratio between the surface area of the small diaphragm and the surface area of the large diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Oded KATZ, Yonatan BERNAT
  • Patent number: 9548704
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include a circuit that includes an input balun circuit responsive to an input signal, the input balun circuit being configured to provide two output signals that are out of phase with each other. The circuit further includes an actual switched amplification stage configured to direct one of the balun output signals to a phase inverter output, and a replica switched amplification stage connected in parallel with the actual switched amplification stage, wherein the actual switched amplification stage and the replica switched amplification stage are responsive to the two output signals from the input balun circuit to direct one of the balun output signals to the phase inverter output, and wherein the actual switched amplification stage and the replica switched amplification stage are configured to have a constant load impedance for both switch states that matches an impedance of the input balun circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roee Ben-Yishay, Oded Katz
  • Patent number: 9313291
    Abstract: A communication channel in a network maintains client-server transparency while providing reduced bandwidth in the channel. A first and second node can communicate a compressed form of the object data between themselves in the channel. One of the first or second nodes hosts a cache database that can store, transparently to the client, the requested object data. The stored object data can be used to decompress the compressed object data communicated between the first and second node. One of the nodes can provide control signals to the other node to indicate whether the requested object data is stored in the cache database. This configuration preserves transparency between the client and the server while permitting reduced bandwidth usage between the first and second nodes via the compressed object data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dialogic Corporation
    Inventors: Benny Lavi, Tal Inbar, Ehud Bart, Oded Katz
  • Patent number: 8988119
    Abstract: An electronic sub-integer frequency divider circuit, including: a phase rotator circuit, a clock circuitry, a pulse generator which is configured to: (a) receive a plurality of signals having a period TP and of different phases; (b) based on a control command, to process a second clock signal and one or more of the plurality of signals, to produce a second signal which includes S pulses in each period TP; and (c) process the second signal and a first clock signal to produce a regulating signal by which the phase rotator circuit is controlled; and an output interface configured to provide a sub-integer output signal whose frequency is responsive to the regulating signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Elad Danny, Oded Katz, Run Levinger
  • Publication number: 20140280471
    Abstract: A communication channel in a network maintains client-server transparency while providing reduced bandwidth in the channel. A first and second node can communicate a compressed form of the object data between themselves in the channel. One of the first or second nodes hosts a cache database that can store, transparently to the client, the requested object data. The stored object data can be used to decompress the compressed object data communicated between the first and second node. One of the nodes can provide control signals to the other node to indicate whether the requested object data is stored in the cache database. This configuration preserves transparency between the client and the server while permitting reduced bandwidth usage between the first and second nodes via the compressed object data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: DIALOGIC NETWORKS (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: Benny Lavi, Tal Inbar, Ehud Bart, Oded Katz
  • Patent number: 8629708
    Abstract: A frequency quadrupler comprises a balanced topology which increases broadband odd harmonic suppression. The frequency quadrupler is constructed in a cascode configuration which is a two-stage amplifier composed of a transconductance amplifier followed by a current buffer. The cascode is constructed with common emitter (CE) and common base (CB) stages which further improves the multiplier frequency response. The cascode configuration enables a notch filter to be placed between the common emitter and common base stages to reduce 2nd harmonic generation and thereby increase 4th harmonic output power, generation efficiency and conversion gain. To cancel 4th harmonic components at the input that may destructively interfere with the output signal, capacitors are placed at the input of the common emitter stage, which in conjunction with the parasitic base wire inductance, form a notch filter to short the 4th harmonic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roee Ben-Yishay, Roi Carmon, Danny Elad, Oded Katz, Benny Sheinman
  • Publication number: 20130187714
    Abstract: A frequency quadrupler comprises a balanced topology which increases broadband odd harmonic suppression. The frequency quadrupler is constructed in a cascode configuration which is a two-stage amplifier composed of a transconductance amplifier followed by a current buffer. The cascode is constructed with common emitter (CE) and common base (CB) stages which further improves the multiplier frequency response. The cascode configuration enables a notch filter to be placed between the common emitter and common base stages to reduce 2nd harmonic generation and thereby increase 4th harmonic output power, generation efficiency and conversion gain. To cancel 4th harmonic components at the input that may destructively interfere with the output signal, capacitors are placed at the input of the common emitter stage, which in conjunction with the parasitic base wire inductance, form a notch filter to short the 4th harmonic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roee Ben-Yishay, Roi Carmon, Danny Elad, Oded Katz, Benny Sheinman
  • Patent number: 8381161
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method identifies at least one proprietary geometric figure from a plurality of geometric figures within a design data layout format file. The proprietary geometric figure in the design data layout format file may be replaced with a placeholder geometric figure. Cell names and connection names associated with the proprietary geometric figure are renamed from a netlist file that defines electrical connections between the geometric figures with obfuscating names. A modified design data layout format file may be generated that includes the placeholder geometric figure and a modified netlist file including the obfuscating names. The modified file enables IC designers to complete their design and checking activities, but inhibits reverse-engineering of the proprietary geometric & netlist data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William R. Andersen, Oded Katz, Rina Kipnis, Lansing D. Pickup, Christopher B. Reynolds, Joseph H. Underwood
  • Publication number: 20120285390
    Abstract: A drinker system for delivering water to animals comprising: a central pressure regulator; drinker lines with drinker nozzles; pressure reduction valve devices providing an outlet pressure proportional to the pressure set by the central pressure regulator; each valve device comprising: a housing defining a relatively high pressure zone and a relatively low pressure zone; a relatively small area diaphragm in the relatively high pressure zone; a relatively large area diaphragm in the relatively low pressure zone, and rigidly connected to the small area diaphragm; a flow regulating valve through which liquid can flow from the relatively high pressure zone to the relatively low pressure zone; and an internal by-pass mechanism for allowing liquid to flow from the valve device inlet to the valve device outlet bypassing the flow regulating valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Oded Katz, Yonatan Bernat
  • Patent number: 7994846
    Abstract: A feedback mechanism to reduce current variation observed in a current reference branch circuit by using body voltage control to compensate process, temperature and supply voltage variations. The current reference output voltage, which is proportional to the reference current, is sampled into a feedback loop, which controls the field effect transistor body voltage. The method and mechanism uses Corner Robust Current Reference in order to keep the design simple and diminish variation between Process Voltage Temperature (PVT) corners. This method exhibits small variation in the reference current magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oded Katz, Israel A. Wagner
  • Patent number: 7962539
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include a method, apparatus and system of generating a random number. A random number generator may include, for example, a plurality of different random-number-generation modules adapted to generate random bits at a plurality of bit paths; and a combiner adapted to combine the bits of the plurality of paths. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Assaf Barak, Eli Bloch, Elazar Kachir, Anastasia Ester Kapchits, Oded Katz, Moshe Leibowitz, Dan Ramon, Israel A. Wagner
  • Patent number: 7941471
    Abstract: Disclosed is method and chaos circuit for a random number generator comprising: a differential sample and hold circuit portion having a first and a second differential signal input and a first and a second differential signal output, a differential non-linear discriminator circuit portion that applies a differential discrimination function upon the first and the second differential signal output and outputs a first and a second discriminated signal, where the first and the second discriminated signals are also coupled to the first and the second differential signal inputs via a first and a second loop feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oded Katz, Dan Ramon, Israel A. Wagner
  • Publication number: 20100289563
    Abstract: A novel and useful system and method of providing a feedback mechanism to reduce current variation observed in a current reference branch circuit by using body voltage control to compensate process, temperature and supply voltage variations. The current reference output voltage, which is proportional to the reference current, is sampled into a feedback loop, which controls the field effect transistor body voltage. The method and mechanism of the present invention uses Corner Robust Current Reference in order to keep the design simple and diminish variation between Process Voltage Temperature (PVT) corners. This method exhibits superior robustness with smaller variation in the reference current magnitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Oded Katz, Israel A. Wagner
  • Patent number: 7825693
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip comprising a reference circuit and a target circuit. The reference circuit comprises a first P-channel field effect transistor (PFET) and a first N-channel field effect transistor (NFET). A reference voltage is connected to gates of the first PFET and first NFET. A body control voltage node is formed by connecting a drain of the first PFET, a body of the first PFET, a drain of the first NFET and a body of the first NFET. A target circuit comprises a second PFET and a second NFET. The body control voltage node is connected to a body of the second PFET and the second NFET. The body control voltage improves duty cycle in the target circuit compared to a similarly designed circuit having PFET bodies connected to Vdd and NFET bodies connected to Ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oded Katz, Israel A. Wagner
  • Publication number: 20080270502
    Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include a method, apparatus and system of generating a random number. A random number generator may include, for example, a plurality of different random-number-generation modules adapted to generate random bits at a plurality of bit paths; and a combiner adapted to combine the bits of the plurality of paths. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Assaf Barak, Eli Bloch, Elazar Kachir, Anastasia Ester Kapchits, Oded Katz, Moshe Leibowitz, Dan Ramon, Israel A. Wagner
  • Publication number: 20080183785
    Abstract: Disclosed is method and chaos circuit for a random number generator comprising: a differential sample and hold circuit portion having a first and a second differential signal input and a first and a second differential signal output, a differential non-linear discriminator circuit portion that applies a differential discrimination function upon the first and the second differential signal output and outputs a first and a second discriminated signal, where the first and the second discriminated signals are also coupled to the first and the second differential signal inputs via a first and a second loop feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Oded Katz, Dan Ramon, Israel A. Wagner
  • Patent number: 6378915
    Abstract: A pipe coupling includes a body member (10) formed with a bore (11) for receiving one end of a pipe (P) to be coupled; a sealing ring (20) and a compression sleeve (30) receivable within the bore (11); a radially-deformable gripping ring (40) having one end abuttable against the compression sleeve (30), a securing nut (50) threaded on the body member (10) and engageable with the gripping ring (40) to move the gripping ring (40) axially and to effect a sealing action via the compression sleeve (30) and the sealing ring (20), and also to compress the gripping ring (40) radially to effect a gripping action of the pipe (P) received in the bore (11); and an axially-extending limit element (45) between the gripping ring (40) and the body member (10) effective to cause the nut (50), when tightened; (a) in an initial stage, to move the gripping ring (40) and the compression sleeve (30) until the limit element engages (45) prevents further axial movement of the gripping ring (40); and (b) in a final stage, to radially
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Plasson Ltd.
    Inventor: Oded Katz
  • Patent number: 6127662
    Abstract: A method of joining a first pipe of a plastic material to a second pipe of a material which does not bond well to the plastic material, utilizes an electrofusion sleeve of a plastic material which bonds well to the plastic material of the first pipe and having a first coil of electrical heater wire on the inner surface at one end of the sleeve to receive the first pipe and a second coil of electrical heater wire on the inner surface at the opposite end of the sleeve to receive the second pipe. The opposite end of the sleeve includes a bonding material capable of producing a good bond, when activated by heat, between the materials of the sleeve and of the second pipe. The two pipes are inserted into the two ends of the sleeve, and electrical current is applied to the two coils to cause the first end of the sleeve to bond by electrofusion to the first pipe, and the second end of the sleeve to bond by electrofusion and by the bonding material to the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Plasson Maagan Michael Industries Ltd
    Inventor: Oded Katz
  • Patent number: 5870970
    Abstract: A water supply system and method for supplying water to a plurality of water utilization devices, particularly poultry drinkers, supported over a floor extending at a predetermined slope, includes a water supply conduit extending over and substantially parallel to the floor, and a plurality of pressure reducers in the water supply conduit at spaced intervals along its length. Each pressure reducer reduces the water pressure a predetermined amount according to the slope of the span of the water supply conduit from the respective pressure reducer to the next adjacent one upstream of the water supply conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Plasson Maagan Michael Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Oded Katz
  • Patent number: 5765588
    Abstract: A fluid flow control device particularly useful as a pressure regulator in a water supply system for poultry or other animals, includes a valve member movable towards and away from a valve opening in the housing to control the flow therethrough; a first diaphragm exposed to the outlet pressure producing a force tending to move the valve member towards the valve opening; a spring producing a force tending to move the valve member away from the valve opening; and a second diaphragm having an effective surface area exposed to the inlet pressure which is substantially the same as the effective surface area of the movable valve member exposed to the inlet pressure so as to substantially balance the forces produced by the inlet pressure on the valve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Plasson Maagon Michael Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Oded Katz