Patents by Inventor Steven Charles Borchers

Steven Charles Borchers 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).

  • Uplink power control using power spectral density to avoid adjacent satellite interference
    Patent number: 11844025
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for uplink power control based on power spectral density are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method for use by a terminal in a satellite communication system, the terminal having an antenna, a modem and a controller, the method comprising: determining the scan and skew of the antenna; obtaining, using the controller, a value representing a maximum allowed Power Spectral Density (PSD) for the determined scan and skew; determining, using the controller, a maximum allowable modem power based on the value representing a maximum allowed PSD, where the maximum allowable modem power is that which ensures that transmissions from the terminal do not exceed the maximum allowed PSD if the maximum allowable modem output power is not exceeded by the modem; sending, using the controller, an indication of the allowable modem output power to the modem; and performing one or more transmissions from the terminal based on modem outputs in accordance with the maximum allowable modem output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Turner Noel, Mark Opfell, Eric Bjorn Hultman, Steven Michael Ziuchkovski, Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma, Daeup Chang, Steven Charles Borchers, Ron Radko
  • Uplink Power Control Using Power Spectral Density to Avoid Adjacent Satellite Interference
    Publication number: 20220256471
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for uplink power control based on power spectral density are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method for use by a terminal in a satellite communication system, the terminal having an antenna, a modem and a controller, the method comprising: determining the scan and skew of the antenna; obtaining, using the controller, a value representing a maximum allowed Power Spectral Density (PSD) for the determined scan and skew; determining, using the controller, a maximum allowable modem power based on the value representing a maximum allowed PSD, where the maximum allowable modem power is that which ensures that transmissions from the terminal do not exceed the maximum allowed PSD if the maximum allowable modem output power is not exceeded by the modem; sending, using the controller, an indication of the allowable modem output power to the modem; and performing one or more transmissions from the terminal based on modem outputs in accordance with the maximum allowable modem output power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Turner Noel, Mark Opfell, Eric Bjorn Hultman, Steven Michael Ziuchkovski, Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma, Daeup Chang, Steven Charles Borchers, Ron Radko
  • Uplink power control using power spectral density to avoid adjacent satellite interference
    Patent number: 11284354
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for uplink power control based on power spectral density are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method for use by a terminal in a satellite communication system, the terminal having an antenna, a modem and a controller, the method comprising: determining the scan and skew of the antenna; obtaining, using the controller, a value representing a maximum allowed Power Spectral Density (PSD) for the determined scan and skew; determining, using the controller, a maximum allowable modem power based on the value representing a maximum allowed PSD, where the maximum allowable modem power is that which ensures that transmissions from the terminal do not exceed the maximum allowed PSD if the maximum allowable modem output power is not exceeded by the modem; sending, using the controller, an indication of the allowable modem output power to the modem; and performing one or more transmissions from the terminal based on modem outputs in accordance with the maximum allowable modem output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Turner Noel, Mark Opfell, Eric Bjorn Hultman, Steven Michael Ziuchkovski, Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma, Daeup Chang, Steven Charles Borchers, Ron Radko
  • Uplink Power Control Using Power Spectral Density to Avoid Adjacent Satellite Interference
    Publication number: 20200252881
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for uplink power control based on power spectral density are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method for use by a terminal in a satellite communication system, the terminal having an antenna, a modem and a controller, the method comprising: determining the scan and skew of the antenna; obtaining, using the controller, a value representing a maximum allowed Power Spectral Density (PSD) for the determined scan and skew; determining, using the controller, a maximum allowable modem power based on the value representing a maximum allowed PSD, where the maximum allowable modem power is that which ensures that transmissions from the terminal do not exceed the maximum allowed PSD if the maximum allowable modem output power is not exceeded by the modem; sending, using the controller, an indication of the allowable modem output power to the modem; and performing one or more transmissions from the terminal based on modem outputs in accordance with the maximum allowable modem output power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Turner Noel, Mark Opfell, Eric Bjorn Hultman, Steven Michael Ziuchkovski, Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma, Daeup Chang, Steven Charles Borchers, Ron Radko
  • Screen display for a medical monitor
    Patent number: D389133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: SpaceLabs Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Myles Steven Wimmer, Erik Royal Horsley, Timothy L. Smokoff, Steven Charles Borchers