Patents by Inventor Ryan D. Bartling

Ryan D. Bartling 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: 12278886
    Abstract: A hybrid receiver circuit included in a computer system may include both an analog and an ADC-based receiver circuit. A front-end circuit generates different equalized signals based on received signals that encode a serial data stream that includes multiple data symbols. Depending on a baud rate of the serial data stream, either the digital receive circuit or the analog receiver circuit is activated to provide the desired performance and power consumption over the range of possible baud rates. The ADC-based receiver circuit may include multiple analog-to-digital converter circuits with different resolutions that can be selected for different baud rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan D. Bartling, Jafar Savoj, Brian S. Leibowitz
  • Patent number: 12244683
    Abstract: A serial data receiver circuit included in a computer system may include a front-end circuit, a sample circuit that includes multiple analog-to-digital converter circuits, and a recovery circuit. The sample circuit may sample a serial data stream at different times that correspond to even-numbered and odd-numbered symbols in the serial data stream. The recovery circuit may use different coefficients to process the respective samples of the even-numbered and odd-numbered symbols in order to recover the data symbols encoded in the serial data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan D. Bartling, Jafar Savoj
  • Patent number: 12052335
    Abstract: A serial data receiver circuit included in a computer system may include both an analog and an ADC-based receiver circuit. A front-end circuit generates different equalized signals based on received signals that encode a serial data stream that includes multiple data symbols. During startup of a communication channel, phase information generated by the analog receiver circuit may be used to generate clock signals for the ADC-based receiver circuit. After a period of time, the ADC-based receiver circuit can generate its own phase information to be used in the generation of the clock signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan D. Bartling, Jafar Savoj
  • Publication number: 20240097874
    Abstract: A serial data receiver circuit included in a computer system may include a front-end circuit, a sample circuit that includes multiple analog-to-digital converter circuits, and a recovery circuit. The sample circuit may sample a serial data stream at different times that correspond to even-numbered and odd-numbered symbols in the serial data stream. The recovery circuit may use different coefficients to process the respective samples of the even-numbered and odd-numbered symbols in order to recover the data symbols encoded in the serial data stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan D. Bartling, Jafar Savoj
  • Publication number: 20240097875
    Abstract: A serial data receiver circuit included in a computer system may include both an analog and an ADC-based receiver circuit. A front-end circuit generates different equalized signals based on received signals that encode a serial data stream that includes multiple data symbols. During startup of a communication channel, phase information generated by the analog receiver circuit may be used to generate clock signals for the ADC-based receiver circuit. After a period of time, the ADC-based receiver circuit can generate its own phase information to be used in the generation of the clock signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan D. Bartling, Jafar Savoj
  • Publication number: 20230283449
    Abstract: A hybrid receiver circuit included in a computer system may include both an analog and an ADC-based receiver circuit. A front-end circuit generates different equalized signals based on received signals that encode a serial data stream that includes multiple data symbols. Depending on a baud rate of the serial data stream, either the digital receive circuit or the analog receiver circuit is activated to provide the desired performance and power consumption over the range of possible baud rates. The ADC-based receiver circuit may include multiple analog-to-digital converter circuits with different resolutions that can be selected for different baud rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan D. Bartling, Jafar Savoj, Brian S. Leibowitz
  • Patent number: 11689351
    Abstract: A hybrid receiver circuit included in a computer system may include both an analog and an ADC-based receiver circuit. A front-end circuit generates different equalized signals based on received signals that encode a serial data stream that includes multiple data symbols. Depending on a baud rate of the serial data stream, either the digital receive circuit or the analog receiver circuit is activated to provide the desired performance and power consumption over the range of possible baud rates. The ADC-based receiver circuit may include multiple analog-to-digital converter circuits with different resolutions that can be selected for different baud rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan D. Bartling, Jafar Savoj, Brian S. Leibowitz
  • Patent number: 11658671
    Abstract: A serial data receiver circuit included in a computer system may include a front-end circuit, a sample circuit that includes multiple analog-to-digital converter circuits, and a recovery circuit. The front-end circuit may generate an equalized signal using multiple signals that encode a serial data stream of multiple data symbols. Based on a baud rate of the serial data stream, a determined number of the multiple analog-to-digital converter circuits sample, using a recovered clock signal, the equalized signal at the respective times to generate corresponding samples. The recovery circuit generates, using the samples, the recovered clock signal and recovered data symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan D. Bartling, Jafar Savoj, Brian S. Leibowitz, Shah M. Sharif
  • Publication number: 20230093114
    Abstract: A serial data receiver circuit included in a computer system may include a front-end circuit, a sample circuit that includes multiple analog-to-digital converter circuits, and a recovery circuit. The front-end circuit may generate an equalized signal using multiple signals that encode a serial data stream of multiple data symbols. Based on a baud rate of the serial data stream, a determined number of the multiple analog-to-digital converter circuits sample, using a recovered clock signal, the equalized signal at the respective times to generate corresponding samples. The recovery circuit generates, using the samples, the recovered clock signal and recovered data symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan D. Bartling, Jafar Savoj, Brian S. Leibowitz, Shah M. Sharif
  • Publication number: 20230092906
    Abstract: A hybrid receiver circuit included in a computer system may include both an analog and an ADC-based receiver circuit. A front-end circuit generates different equalized signals based on received signals that encode a serial data stream that includes multiple data symbols. Depending on a baud rate of the serial data stream, either the digital receive circuit or the analog receiver circuit is activated to provide the desired performance and power consumption over the range of possible baud rates. The ADC-based receiver circuit may include multiple analog-to-digital converter circuits with different resolutions that can be selected for different baud rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan D. Bartling, Jafar Savoj, Brian S. Leibowitz
  • Patent number: 11502880
    Abstract: A receiver converter circuit included in a computer system may receive multiple signals that encode a serial data stream that encode multiple data symbols. To correct for baseline wander, the receiver circuit may generate a disparity signal that is used to control the application of a differential voltage to the multiple signals. The receiver circuit may also employ the disparity signal to generate a gradient against which the magnitude of differential voltage is calibrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan D. Bartling, Jafar Savoj, Brian S. Leibowitz
  • Patent number: 10345846
    Abstract: A reference voltage generation circuit (or bandgap circuit) having a flipped-gate transistor is disclosed. A bandgap circuit according to the disclosure includes first, second, third and fourth transistors. The first transistor is a flipped-gate transistor having a gate terminal of an opposite polarity (e.g., an n-channel metal oxide semiconductor, or NMOS, transistor having a gate terminal with a p-type polysilicon implant). The second third and fourth transistors have a corresponding type polysilicon implants (e.g., NMOS transistors having respective gate terminals with an n-type polysilicon implant). The circuit is configured to generate a reference voltage equal to a sum of gate-source voltages of the first and third transistors, minus respective gate-source voltages of the second and fourth transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan D. Bartling, Jafar Savoj, Daniel J. Fritchman