Patents by Inventor Oswald Josef Moonen

Oswald Josef Moonen 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).

  • High dynamic range low-power differential input stage
    Patent number: 8154343
    Abstract: A low-power high dynamic range RF input stage (200) with a noiseless degeneration component, such as a capacitor (201), is provided. High dynamic range means a combination of low noise contribution by the stage (200) and a low level of intermodulation products occurring especially at high input levels. Low power means that the power consumption of a conventional input stage is about 5 times higher than the power consumption of the stage according to the invention, for the same noise, gain and distortion level. This new stage can be used in amplifiers, but also in the lower stage of double balanced mixers (300-400) commonly used in RF receivers, examples of which are applications, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Oswald Josef Moonen, Marc Lambertus Vlemmings, Arnold Hendrik Neelen
  • HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE LOW-POWER DIFFERENTIAL INPUT STAGE
    Publication number: 20110096240
    Abstract: A low-power high dynamic range RF input stage (200) with a noiseless degeneration component, such as a capacitor (201), is provided. High dynamic range means a combination of low noise contribution by the stage (200) and a low level of intermodulation products occurring especially at high input levels. Low power means that the power consumption of a conventional input stage is about 5 times higher than the power consumption of the stage according to the invention, for the same noise, gain and distortion level. This new stage can be used in amplifiers, but also in the lower stage of double balanced mixers (300-400) commonly used in RF receivers, examples of which are applications, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Oswald Josef Moonen
  • Receiver for a multi-carrier signal
    Patent number: 7650129
    Abstract: A receiver which is arranged to receive an RF multi-carrier signal (60) comprises an in-phase mixer (51) for frequency down converting the RF multi-carrier signal to an in-phase multi-carrier signal (I) and a quadrature mixer (52) for frequency down converting the RF multi-carrier signal (60) to a quadrature multi-carrier signal. The receiver further comprises a local oscillator (60) arranged to generate in-phase and quadrature mixing signals (64,65) for the in-phase and quadrature mixers (51,52). The local oscillator (60) is further arranged to add a frequency offset to the in-phase and quadrature mixing signals (65, 65) so as to minimize an error vector magnitude of the in-phase and quadrature multi-carrier signals (I, Q).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Petrus Gerardus Maria Baltus, Stephanus Josephus Maria Crijns, Paulus Wilhelmus Franciscus Gruijters, Oswald Josef Moonen, Peter Johannus Henricus Rutten
  • Receiver For a Multi-Carrier Signal
    Publication number: 20080242250
    Abstract: A receiver which is arranged to receive an RF multi-carrier signal (60) comprises an in-phase mixer (51) for frequency down converting the RF multi-carrier signal to an in-phase multi-carrier signal (I) and a quadrature mixer (52) for frequency down converting the RF multi-carrier signal (60) to a quadrature multi-carrier signal. The receiver further comprises a local oscillator (60) arranged to generate in-phase and quadrature mixing signals (64,65) for the in-phase and quadrature mixers (51,52). The local oscillator (60) is further arranged to add a frequency offset to the in-phase and quadrature mixing signals (65, 65) so as to minimize an error vector magnitude of the in-phase and quadrature multi-carrier signals (I, Q).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Petrus Gerardus Maria Baltus, Stephanus Josephus Maria Crijns, Paulus Wilhelmus Franciscus Gruijters, Oswald Josef Moonen, Peter Johannus Henricus Rutten
  • Narrow band AM front end
    Publication number: 20010036811
    Abstract: Receivers for receiving AM signals normally use many elements which are not integrable. This results in high costs and bulky circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Kaveh Kianush, Oswald Josef Moonen, Jan Geert Prummel