Patents by Inventor Rajiv Kumar Shukla

Rajiv Kumar Shukla 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).

  • Patent number: 7415064
    Abstract: Transmit amplitude independent adaptive equalizers are provided that compensate for transmission losses in an input signal when the transmit signal amplitude is unknown. Several embodiments are provided, including a first embodiment having an equalizer core, a controllable-swing slicer and an amplitude control loop, a second embodiment having an equalizer core, a fixed-swing slicer and a control loop, a third embodiment having an equalizer core, a variable gain amplifier, and a variable gain amplifier control loop, and a fourth embodiment having an equalizer core, a fixed-swing slicer, a variable gain amplifier, and a variable gain amplifier control loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Gennum Corporation
    Inventors: Apu Sivadas, Atul Krishna Gupta, Kenneth Steven Lazaris-Brunner, Vasilis Papanikolaou, Rajiv Kumar Shukla, Bharat Tailor
  • Patent number: 7317757
    Abstract: Transmit amplitude independent adaptive equalizers are provided that compensate for transmission losses in an input signal when the transmit signal amplitude is unknown. Several embodiments are provided, including a first embodiment having an equalizer core, a controllable-swing slicer and an amplitude control loop, a second embodiment having an equalizer core, a fixed-swing slicer and a control loop, a third embodiment having an equalizer core, a variable gain amplifier, and a variable gain amplifier control loop, and a fourth embodiment having an equalizer core, a fixed-swing slicer, a variable gain amplifier, and a variable gain amplifier control loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Gennum Corporation
    Inventors: Apu Sivadas, Atul Krishna Gupta, Kenneth Steven Lazaris-Brunner, Vasilis Papanikolaou, Rajiv Kumar Shukla, Bharat Tailor
  • Patent number: 7180941
    Abstract: Transmit amplitude independent adaptive equalizers are provided that compensate for transmission losses in an input signal when the transmit signal amplitude is unknown. Several embodiments are provided, including a first embodiment having an equalizer core, a controllable-swing slicer and an amplitude control loop, a second embodiment having an equalizer core, a fixed-swing slicer and a control loop, a third embodiment having an equalizer core, a variable gain amplifier, and a variable gain amplifier control loop, and a fourth embodiment having an equalizer core, a fixed-swing slicer, a variable gain amplifier, and a variable gain amplifier control loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Gennum Corporation
    Inventors: Apu Sivadas, Atul Krishna Gupta, Kenneth Steven Lazaris-Brunner, Vasilis Papanikolaou, Rajiv Kumar Shukla, Bharat Tailor
  • Patent number: 6956914
    Abstract: Transmit amplitude independent adaptive equalizers are provided that compensate for transmission losses in an input signal when the transmit signal amplitude is unknown. Several embodiments are provided, including a first embodiment having an equalizer core, a controllable-swing slicer and an amplitude control loop, a second embodiment having an equalizer core, a fixed-swing slicer and a control loop, a third embodiment having an equalizer core, a variable gain amplifier, and a variable gain amplifier control loop, and a fourth embodiment having an equalizer core, a fixed-swing slicer, a variable gain amplifier, and a variable gain amplifier control loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Gennum Corporation
    Inventors: Apu Sivadas, Atul Krishna Gupta, Kenneth Steven Lazaris-Brunner, Vasilis Papanikolaou, Rajiv Kumar Shukla, Bharat Tailor
  • Publication number: 20030053534
    Abstract: Transmit amplitude independent adaptive equalizers are provided that compensate for transmission losses in an input signal when the transmit signal amplitude is unknown. Several embodiments are provided, including a first embodiment having an equalizer core, a controllable-swing slicer and an amplitude control loop, a second embodiment having an equalizer core, a fixed-swing slicer and a control loop, a third embodiment having an equalizer core, a variable gain amplifier, and a variable gain amplifier control loop, and a fourth embodiment having an equalizer core, a fixed-swing slicer, a variable gain amplifier, and a variable gain amplifier control loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Apu Sivadas, Atul Krishna Gupta, Kenneth Steven Lazaris-Brunner, Vasilis Papanikolaou, Rajiv Kumar Shukla, Bharat Tailor