Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Howe

Thomas F. Howe 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: 8391267
    Abstract: A wireless system includes a TTI memory architecture in which encoded data are stored in a memory at a rate of one block of encoded data per transmission time interval (TTI), TTI being selected from a set of predetermined values, the memory including memory lines each having a predetermined number of bits that is determined according to the set of predetermined TTI values. For every block of data in which the end of the block of data does not align with an end of a last memory line occupied by the block of data, one or more padded bits are stored after the end of the block of data to the end of the last memory line occupied by the block of data so the last memory line is filled with a portion of the block of data and the one or more padded bits. The block of data and the padded bits are read in one or more equal sized segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Prahallada Ponnathota, Thomas F. Howe
  • Patent number: 8094641
    Abstract: A wireless device has a BRP-CRP interface that includes a dual-port frame memory having a first access port and a second access port in which data can be written to the dual-port frame memory through the first access port at the same time that data is read from the dual-port frame memory through the second access port. A bit rate processor performs bit rate processing on input data and writes data resulting from the bit rate processing to the dual-port frame memory through the first access port. A chip rate processor reads data from the dual-port frame memory through the second access port and performs chip rate processing on the data read from the dual-port frame memory. A data processor executes a software application that writes data to the dual-port frame memory through the first access port and reads data from the dual-port frame memory through the second access port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak Mathew, Russ Mestechkin, Prahallada Ponnathota, Thomas F. Howe, Timothy Perrin Fisher-Jeffes
  • Publication number: 20090161649
    Abstract: A wireless system includes a TTI memory architecture in which encoded data are stored in a memory at a rate of one block of encoded data per transmission time interval (TTI), TTI being selected from a set of predetermined values, the memory including memory lines each having a predetermined number of bits that is determined according to the set of predetermined TTI values. For every block of data in which the end of the block of data does not align with an end of a last memory line occupied by the block of data, one or more padded bits are stored after the end of the block of data to the end of the last memory line occupied by the block of data so the last memory line is filled with a portion of the block of data and the one or more padded bits. The block of data and the padded bits are read in one or more equal sized segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Prahallada Ponnathota, Thomas F. Howe
  • Publication number: 20090161648
    Abstract: A wireless device has a BRP-CRP interface that includes a dual-port frame memory having a first access port and a second access port in which data can be written to the dual-port frame memory through the first access port at the same time that data is read from the dual-port frame memory through the second access port. A bit rate processor performs bit rate processing on input data and writes data resulting from the bit rate processing to the dual-port frame memory through the first access port. A chip rate processor reads data from the dual-port frame memory through the second access port and performs chip rate processing on the data read from the dual-port frame memory. A data processor executes a software application that writes data to the dual-port frame memory through the first access port and reads data from the dual-port frame memory through the second access port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Deepak MATHEW, Russ MESTECHKIN, Prahallada PONNATHOTA, Thomas F. HOWE, Timothy Perrin FISHER-JEFFES