Patents by Inventor Stamatios Alexandros Bouras

Stamatios Alexandros Bouras 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: 9065537
    Abstract: Methods and systems for calibrating a multi-mode, multi-standard transmitter and receiver are disclosed. Aspects of the method may include configuring calibration paths in a transceiver on a chip including a plurality of Tx and Rx paths. IP2 distortion may be calibrated for the Rx paths utilizing a phase locked loops in the chip and the configurable calibration paths. Local oscillator leakage, Rx path DC offset and RSSI, Tx and Rx I and Q mismatch, and Tx and Rx path filters may be calibrated utilizing the plurality of configurable calibration paths. Cutoff frequency of the filters in the Tx and Rx paths may be calibrated. Blocker signals may be mitigated by calibrating amplifier gains in the Rx paths. The calibration paths may include an envelope detector. Local oscillator leakage and I and Q mismatch may be mitigated utilizing pre-distortion generated by an on-chip digital signal processor in the Tx paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore Georgantas, Stamatios Alexandros Bouras, Christos Kokozidis
  • Patent number: 7969222
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a DC offset correction loop for a mobile digital cellular television environment are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include removing at least a portion of a DC offset from output of an amplifier. The DC offset may be removed from a single stage amplifier, or from each stage of a N stage amplifier, where N may be an integer. The DC offset may be removed by using second differential signals generated from first differential signals, where the second differential signals may be communicated to inputs of the amplifier. The first differential signals may by a first circuit that integrates outputs of the amplifier. The first circuit may perform the integration using a variable corner frequency that may be adjusted by changing a resistance of at least one variable resistor in the first circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Stamatios Alexandros Bouras
  • Publication number: 20100048196
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a variable system on demand are disclosed. Aspects of the method may include configuring one or more filters in a wireless transmitter and/or receiver for a desired band and standard. The presence of a blocker signal in a receiver may be known and/or determined and the receiver may be configured for mitigating the blocker signal. A desired received signal strength indicator may be compared to a wideband received signal strength indicator. Gain levels may be configured in the receiver based on the comparison. Linearity of the receiver may be configured for blocker signal mitigation. The filters may include baseband filters and/or may be at an output of the receiver. The filters may include a plurality of stages, with one or more of the stages bypassed for filter configuring, and may include a mixer as an input. Capacitors and/or resistors may be configured in the filters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Theodore Georgantas, Nikolaos Haralabidis, Spyridon Kavadias, Stamatios Alexandros Bouras, Charalampos Kapnistis, Konstantinos Vavelidis, Ilias Bouras
  • Publication number: 20090227214
    Abstract: Methods and systems for calibrating a multi-mode, multi-standard transmitter and receiver are disclosed. Aspects of the method may include configuring calibration paths in a transceiver on a chip including a plurality of Tx and Rx paths. IP2 distortion may be calibrated for the Rx paths utilizing a phase locked loops in the chip and the configurable calibration paths. Local oscillator leakage, Rx path DC offset and RSSI, Tx and Rx I and Q mismatch, and Tx and Rx path filters may be calibrated utilizing the plurality of configurable calibration paths. Cutoff frequency of the filters in the Tx and Rx paths may be calibrated. Blocker signals may be mitigated by calibrating amplifier gains in the Rx paths. The calibration paths may include an envelope detector. Local oscillator leakage and I and Q mismatch may be mitigated utilizing pre-distortion generated by an on-chip digital signal processor in the Tx paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Theodore Georgantas, Stamatios Alexandros Bouras, Christos Kokozidis