Patents by Inventor Thomas Fred Link

Thomas Fred Link 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).

  • Decision feedback structure with selective sampling phase control
    Patent number: 7184477
    Abstract: A decision feedback structure for recovering a bit stream out of received signals is disclosed, wherein the sampling instant may be tuned in dependence of the sequence or pattern of the preceding bits so as to follow the bit sequence dependent instant of the maximum eye opening. The decision-feedback equalizer structure includes decision means for making a bit value decision at a sampling instant, a feedback path to feed back bit values to said decision means and means for adapting the sampling instant for a bit value decision made by said decision means with respect to the sampling phase depending on the bit values of preceding bits, in particular depending on the bit value of the previous bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert Haunstein, Frank Kunz, Thomas Fred Link, Konrad Sticht
  • Decision feedback structure with selective sampling phase controld
    Publication number: 20030142740
    Abstract: A decision feedback structure for recovering a bit stream out of received signals is disclosed, wherein the sampling instant may be tuned in dependence of the sequence or pattern of the preceding bits so as to follow the bit sequence dependent instant of the maximum eye opening. The decision-feedback equalizer structure includes decision means for making a bit value decision at a sampling instant, a feedback path to feed back bit values to said decision means and means for adapting the sampling instant for a bit value decision made by said decision means with respect to the sampling phase depending on the bit values of preceding bits, in particular depending on the bit value of the previous bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Herbert Haunstein, Frank Kunz, Thomas Fred Link, Konrad Sticht