Patents by Inventor Thomas Edward Voor

Thomas Edward Voor 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).

  • Publication number: 20240063841
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a transmit path to receive, process and output a transmit radio frequency (RF) signal, the transmit path including a first power amplifier; a receive path to receive, process and output a receive RF signal, the receive path including a first low noise amplifier (LNA); and switching circuitry coupled to the transmit path and the receive path. In a transmit mode, the switching circuitry is to cause a RF filter to couple into the transmit path to filter the transmit RF signal and cause the filtered transmit RF signal to be provided to the first power amplifier and thereafter to an antenna. In a receive mode, the switching circuitry is to cause the receive RF signal to be provided to the RF filter and the first LNA, and thereafter to be provided to a digital processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag, Luigi Panseri
  • Patent number: 11909430
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method comprises: initializing a front end circuit of a wireless device into a first mode in which a radio frequency (RF) signal processing path comprises a low noise amplifier (LNA) having an output coupled to an RF filter; and in response to an RF signal received in the front end circuit having a level greater than a first threshold, reconfiguring the front end circuit into a second mode in which the RF filter is coupled to an input of the LNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Hendricus De Ruijter, Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag
  • Patent number: 11901924
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus comprises a transmit path including a power amplifier to receive, process and output a transmit radio frequency (RF) signal the transmit path comprising a power amplifier. A detection circuit coupled to the transmit path may be configured to: detect, during a first portion of a packet of the transmit RF signal, a level of the transmit RF signal at an input to the power amplifier; and detect, during a second portion of the packet of the transmit RF signal the level of the transmit RF signal at an output of the power amplifier. Based at least in part on the detected level at at least one of the power amplifier input or output, a level of at least one component of the transmit path upstream to the power amplifier is to be updated, to control a transmit power variation of the transmit RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Voor, Hendricus De Ruijter, Richard Hendricks
  • Publication number: 20230421192
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method comprises: initializing a front end circuit of a wireless device into a first mode in which a radio frequency (RF) signal processing path comprises a low noise amplifier (LNA) having an output coupled to an RF filter; and in response to an RF signal received in the front end circuit having a level greater than a first threshold, reconfiguring the front end circuit into a second mode in which the RF filter is coupled to an input of the LNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hendricus De Ruijter, Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag
  • Publication number: 20230421191
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method comprises: comparing, in a comparator, a signal level of a receive radio frequency (RF) signal to a first threshold, the receive RF signal obtained from a controllable location in an RF front end circuit; and in response to the signal level of the receive RF signal exceeding the first threshold, causing the RF front end circuit to be reconfigured from a first mode in which an input to a low noise amplifier (LNA) is coupled an antenna to a second mode in which the input to the LNA is coupled to an RF filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag, Richard Hendricks, Logan Lucas, Jeffrey Merrill, Hendricus De Ruijter, Luigi Panseri
  • Publication number: 20230421193
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method comprises: reconfiguring a front end circuit of a device from a first mode having a receiver radio frequency (RF) signal processing path with a first relative order into a second mode having the receiver RF signal processing path with a different relative order; determining that a timeout period has completed; and reconfiguring the front end circuit from the second mode to the first mode in response to determining that the timeout period has completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hendricus De Ruijter, Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag
  • Publication number: 20230422053
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method comprises: monitoring, via at least one computer system of a central entity, performance information of a plurality of wireless devices present in a network environment remotely coupled to the central entity; updating a monitoring database based on monitoring the performance information; and causing at least some of the plurality of wireless devices to be reconfigured from a first mode to a second mode based at least in part on the performance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag, Richard Hendricks
  • Publication number: 20230421183
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus comprises a transmit path including a power amplifier to receive, process and output a transmit radio frequency (RF) signal the transmit path comprising a power amplifier. A detection circuit coupled to the transmit path may be configured to: detect, during a first portion of a packet of the transmit RF signal, a level of the transmit RF signal at an input to the power amplifier; and detect, during a second portion of the packet of the transmit RF signal the level of the transmit RF signal at an output of the power amplifier. Based at least in part on the detected level at at least one of the power amplifier input or output, a level of at least one component of the transmit path upstream to the power amplifier is to be updated, to control a transmit power variation of the transmit RF signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Voor, Hendricus De Ruijter, Richard Hendricks
  • Publication number: 20230421194
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a receive path to receive, process and output a receive radio frequency (RF) signal, the receive path comprising at least one low noise amplifier (LNA) and a plurality of signal nodes. The receive path may be configurable to operate in a plurality of modes. The apparatus also may include at least one filter to filter the receive RF signal and at least one detector circuit to detect one or more levels present at one or more of the plurality of signal nodes. The apparatus may configure an order of the at least one LNA and the at least one filter, based at least in part on the one or more levels detected in the at least one detector circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag, Richard Hendricks, Logan Lucas, Hendricus De Ruijter, Luigi Panseri
  • Publication number: 20230421197
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method comprises: receiving, in a controller of a wireless device, at least one of a first interrupt or a second interrupt, where: the first interrupt is to indicate that a receive radio frequency (RF) signal received in a front end circuit of the wireless device is overloading at least a low noise amplifier (LNA) of the front end circuit; and the second interrupt is to indicate that the receive RF signal is overloading at least a passive network of a system on chip (SoC) of the wireless device; and in response to the at least one of the first interrupt or the second interrupt, reconfiguring the front end circuit from a first mode into a second mode, where a relative order of a receiver RF signal processing path is different in the first mode than in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hendricus De Ruijter, Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag
  • Patent number: 10823693
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes: a switched capacitor coupled between a supply voltage node and a divider node, where a thermistor external to the integrated circuit is to couple to the divider node; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the divider node to receive a voltage at the divider node and generate a digital value based thereon; and a controller coupled to the ADC to determine a temperature associated with the thermistor based at least in part on the digital value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Euisoo Yoo, Thomas Edward Voor, John M. Khoury
  • Patent number: 10763781
    Abstract: A system and method of performing temperature compensation based on temperature of a crystal. An integrated circuit includes a clock circuit, a memory, an interface developing a sense voltage indicative of a temperature of the crystal, and a controller. The memory stores compensation values including nominal values based on a nominal third order polynomial that defines a nominal frequency versus temperature relationship of a crystal design representing multiple crystals, and a pair of adjustment values derived from two temperature-frequency error points. The controller determines a temperature value based on the sense voltage, calculates a frequency offset using the temperature value and the compensation values to solve a compensated third order polynomial defining a compensated frequency versus temperature relationship of the crystal, and adjusts a clock signal of the clock circuit using the frequency offset. A Wi-Fi device may be optimized for industrial IoT operating within an extended temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey A. Tindle, Euisoo Yoo, Wei Shen
  • Publication number: 20200066126
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: an integrated circuit comprising a microcontroller to control operation of one or more light sources and a wireless transceiver to enable communication between the apparatus and a remote service provider; and at least one microphone coupled to the integrated circuit to detect audio information. In response to receipt of a first audio sample, the microcontroller can detect an emergency event and communicate an indication of the emergency event to the remote service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Edward Voor
  • Publication number: 20190305725
    Abstract: A system and method of performing temperature compensation based on temperature of a crystal. An integrated circuit includes a clock circuit, a memory, an interface developing a sense voltage indicative of a temperature of the crystal, and a controller. The memory stores compensation values including nominal values based on a nominal third order polynomial that defines a nominal frequency versus temperature relationship of a crystal design representing multiple crystals, and a pair of adjustment values derived from two temperature-frequency error points. The controller determines a temperature value based on the sense voltage, calculates a frequency offset using the temperature value and the compensation values to solve a compensated third order polynomial defining a compensated frequency versus temperature relationship of the crystal, and adjusts a clock signal of the clock circuit using the frequency offset. A Wi-Fi device may be optimized for industrial IoT operating within an extended temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: THOMAS EDWARD VOOR, JEFFREY A. TINDLE, EUISOO YOO, WEI SHEN
  • Patent number: 10387362
    Abstract: A USB Type-C secondary data channel communication system includes a controller system coupled to a first USB Type-C connector. The controller system determines a second USB Type-C connector orientation when a second USB Type-C connector is connected to the first USB Type-C connector. The controller system then communicates with a connected system through a first data channel available through the second USB Type-C connector and determines that the connected system provides a second data channel mode. In response to determining the connected system provides the second data channel mode, the controller system uses the second USB Type-C connector orientation to configure the provisioning of first data through the first data channel and second data through a second data channel that is available through the second USB Type-C connector. Different data communications may then be provided to the connected system using the first and second data channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Voor, Adolfo S. Montero
  • Publication number: 20190204253
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes: a switched capacitor coupled between a supply voltage node and a divider node, where a thermistor external to the integrated circuit is to couple to the divider node; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the divider node to receive a voltage at the divider node and generate a digital value based thereon; and a controller coupled to the ADC to determine a temperature associated with the thermistor based at least in part on the digital value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Euisoo Yoo, Thomas Edward Voor, John M. Khoury
  • Publication number: 20180232335
    Abstract: A USB Type-C secondary data channel communication system includes a controller system coupled to a first USB Type-C connector. The controller system determines a second USB Type-C connector orientation when a second USB Type-C connector is connected to the first USB Type-C connector. The controller system then communicates with a connected system through a first data channel available through the second USB Type-C connector and determines that the connected system provides a second data channel mode. In response to determining the connected system provides the second data channel mode, the controller system uses the second USB Type-C connector orientation to configure the provisioning of first data through the first data channel and second data through a second data channel that is available through the second USB Type-C connector. Different data communications may then be provided to the connected system using the first and second data channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Voor, Adolfo S. Montero
  • Patent number: 9959239
    Abstract: A USB Type-C secondary data channel communication system includes a controller system coupled to a first USB Type-C connector. The controller system determines a second USB Type-C connector orientation when a second USB Type-C connector is connected to the first USB Type-C connector. The controller system then communicates with a connected system through a first data channel available through the second USB Type-C connector and determines that the connected system provides a second data channel mode. In response to determining the connected system provides the second data channel mode, the controller system uses the second USB Type-C connector orientation to configure the provisioning of first data through the first data channel and second data through a second data channel that is available through the second USB Type-C connector. Different data communications may then be provided to the connected system using the first and second data channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Voor, Adolfo S. Montero
  • Publication number: 20170109312
    Abstract: A USB Type-C secondary data channel communication system includes a controller system coupled to a first USB Type-C connector. The controller system determines a second USB Type-C connector orientation when a second USB Type-C connector is connected to the first USB Type-C connector. The controller system then communicates with a connected system through a first data channel available through the second USB Type-C connector and determines that the connected system provides a second data channel mode. In response to determining the connected system provides the second data channel mode, the controller system uses the second USB Type-C connector orientation to configure the provisioning of first data through the first data channel and second data through a second data channel that is available through the second USB Type-C connector. Different data communications may then be provided to the connected system using the first and second data channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Voor, Adolfo S. Montero