Patents by Inventor William A. Redman

William A. Redman 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: 20160079936
    Abstract: A trans-impedance amplifier arrangement has an input configured to receive an output from a photo-detector, a current monitoring circuit configured in use to provide a current monitor signal dependent on a current through the photo-detector, and an output configured to output said current monitor signal to a control module, said output further configured to receive control information from said control module. A control module is configured to receive the current monitor signal and to provide the control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: HILIGHT SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventors: Derek John HUTCHINS, Patrick Etienne RICHARD, George James BROCKLEHURST, William REDMAN-WHITE
  • Patent number: 9082241
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more example embodiments, wireless communications are facilitated based on user-motion. A portable motion-sensing circuit, carried by a user, indicates that motion is sensed in response to detecting whether the user has been moving for a predetermined period of time. A communication circuit operates in active mode and inactive modes respectively consuming higher and lower power, permits or inhibits access authentication communications in the active and inactive modes, and operates in the active mode in response to the motion being sensed at the motion-sensing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Frank Leong, Jan van Sinderen, William Redman-White
  • Publication number: 20130176069
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more example embodiments, wireless communications are facilitated based on user-motion. A portable motion-sensing circuit, carried by a user, indicates that motion is sensed in response to detecting whether the user has been moving for a predetermined period of time. A communication circuit operates in active mode and inactive modes respectively consuming higher and lower power, permits or inhibits access authentication communications in the active and inactive modes, and operates in the active mode in response to the motion being sensed at the motion-sensing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Frank Leong, Jan van Sinderen, William Redman-White
  • Patent number: 8400857
    Abstract: A sensing circuit (100) for sensing the content of a memory cell (101), wherein the sensing circuit comprises a sense node (103) connectable to the memory cell (101) so that a signal indicative of the content of the memory cell (101) is providable to the sense node (103). The sensing circuit (100) further comprises a logic gate (102) having a first input, a second input and an output, wherein a reference signal (105) is providable to the first input and wherein the sense node (103) is coupled to the second input. The sensing circuit (100) further comprises a feedback loop (104) for coupling the output of the logic gate (102) to the second input of the logic gate (102) so that, during sensing the content of the memory cell (101), an electrical potential at the sense node (103) is used to make a decision but after a result is obtained, the memory and sense amplifier combination are configured so that the result is held indefinitely and so that no static current continues to flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: William Redman-White
  • Patent number: 8283955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a double data rate interface and method for use between a processor and random access memory, comprising a delay line including means for creating a delay in a data strobe signal from the random access memory, the delay line being arranged such that the delay in the data strobe signal is equal to the sum of set-up time and data bus rise time. The interface of includes the delay line comprising the delay locked loop which in turn comprises a ring oscillator. The ring oscillator includes a buffer and a Vernier delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: William Redman-White
  • Publication number: 20110128808
    Abstract: A sensing circuit (100) for sensing the content of a memory cell (101), wherein the sensing circuit comprises a sense node (103) connectable to the memory cell (101) so that a signal indicative of the content of the memory cell (101) is providable to the sense node (103). The sensing circuit (100) further comprises a logic gate (102) having a first input, a second in-put and an output, wherein a reference signal (105) is providable to the first input and wherein the sense node (103) is coupled to the second input. The sensing circuit (100) further comprises a feedback loop (104) for coupling the output of the logic gate (102) to the second input of the logic gate (102) so that, during sensing the content of the memory cell (101), an electrical potential at the sense node (103) is used to make a decision but after a result is obtained, the memory and sense amplifier combination are configured so that the result is held indefinitely and so that no static current continues to flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: William Redman-White
  • Publication number: 20110043264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a double data rate interface and method for use between a processor and random access memory, comprising a delay line including means for creating a delay in a data strobe signal from the random access memory, the delay line being arranged such that the delay in the data strobe signal is equal to the sum of set-up time and data bus rise time. The interface of includes the delay line comprising the delay locked loop which in turn comprises a ring oscillator. The ring oscillator includes a buffer and a Vernier delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: William REDMAN-WHITE
  • Publication number: 20110029803
    Abstract: A method and a receiver for recovering clock timing information from a serial data signal by determining data symbol transition times. The method comprises determining data symbol transition times of the serial data according to a first determination scheme, and further data symbol transition times of the serial data according to a second determination scheme. The transition times are then combined by a voting process, wherein the first determination scheme votes for the transition times that it determined, and wherein the second determination scheme votes for the transition times that it determined. The actual transition times are then determined as being the times that have the most votes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: William Redman-White
  • Patent number: 7847608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a double data rate interface and method for use between a processor and random access memory, comprising a delay line including means for creating a delay in a data strobe signal from the random access memory, the delay line being arranged such that the delay in the data strobe signal is equal to the sum of set-up time and data bus rise time. The interface of includes the delay line comprising the delay locked loop which in turn comprises a ring oscillator. The ring oscillator includes a buffer and a Vernier delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: William Redman-White
  • Patent number: 7536165
    Abstract: A direct conversion receiver includes a detector that provides a measure of bias offset that is caused by component mismatches in the direct conversion mixer, and a corrective network that reduces the bias offset based on this measure. The direct conversion mixer demodulates a radio-frequency (RF) input signal via mixing with a local-oscillator (LO) signal to provide a differential baseband output signal. A differential peak detector compares the peak signal value at each side of the mixer's differential output, and a differential integrator averages the difference between these peak signal values to provide the measure of bias offset. The corrective network adds a correction offset to each of the local oscillator local oscillator paths on each of the switching pairs that provide the differential output, but opposite to the local oscillator connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: William Redman-White
  • Patent number: 7508273
    Abstract: A divide-by-n process is effected via a scale-by-four/n process followed by a divide-by-four process. A quadrature input clock facilitates a scale-by-four/n process, via a clock-phase selection process. By incorporating a terminal divide-by-four process, quadrature output signals are easily provided. A divide-by-three quadrature divider effects the scale-by-4/n process via a selection of every third quadrature clock phase, and the quadrature output of the divide-by-four process provides the control signals to effect this every-third clock phase selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: William Redman-White
  • Publication number: 20090066380
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a double data rate interface and method for use between a processor and random access memory, comprising a delay line including means for creating a delay in a data strobe signal from the random access memory, the delay line being arranged such that the delay in the data strobe signal is equal to the sum of set-up time and data bus rise time. The interface of includes the delay line comprising the delay locked loop which in turn comprises a ring oscillator. The ring oscillator includes a buffer and a Vernier delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: William Redman-White
  • Patent number: 7259629
    Abstract: A variable-impedance device is placed in parallel with the input to a variable-gain amplifier, and is controlled so as to provide a substantially constant load impedance to a source. Preferably, the variable-impedance device includes a diode with a variable bias current. This diode bias current is adjusted inversely with the amplifier bias current, such that the parallel sum of the two input path impedances remains approximately constant across a wide range of gain. This variable gain amplifier system is particularly well suited for use in a wireless transmitter, or cellular telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: NXP, B.V.
    Inventors: William Redman-White, Sudhir Aggarwal
  • Publication number: 20070139127
    Abstract: A divide-by-n process is effected via a scale-by-four/n process (110, 210, 310) followed by a divide-by-four process (120, 220, 320). A quadrature input clock facilitates a scale-by-four/n process, via a clock-phase selection process. By incorporating a terminal divide-by-four process, quadrature output signals are easily provided. A divide-by-three quadrature divider effects the scale-by-4/n process via a selection of every third quadrature clock phase, and the quadrature output of the divide-by-four process provides the control signals to effect this every-third clock phase selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: William Redman-White
  • Patent number: 6963625
    Abstract: An arrangement for selecting the largest of a plurality of input currents (pma (k?1), pmb (k?1)) and adding a further current (Ibmk) to the selected current, the arrangement comprising: a plurality of inputs (901, 902) for receiving said input currents; a further input (905) for receiving said further current; an output (906, 907) for delivering an output current proportional to the sum of the largest of the input currents and the further current; means for feeding each of the received input currents to the main current conducting path of a respective transistor, (T900, T902) each of the transistors having its control electrode connected to a common point; a respective follower transistor (T901, T903) connected between the input and the common point; and a mirror transistor (T904) having its control electrode connected to the common point for producing a current whose value is related to that of the largest input current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: William Redman-White, Simon D. Bramwell
  • Publication number: 20050242881
    Abstract: A variable-impedance device is placed in parallel with the input to a variable-gain amplifier, and is controlled so as to provide a substantially constant load impedance to a source. Preferably, the variable-impedance device includes a diode with a variable bias current. This diode bias current is adjusted inversely with the amplifier bias current, such that the parallel sum of the two input path impedances remains approximately constant across a wide range of gain. This variable gain amplifier system is particularly well suited for use in a wireless transmitter, or cellular telephone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: William Redman-White, Sudhir Aggarwal
  • Patent number: 6798726
    Abstract: An optical disk data decoder generates estimates of serial input signal values by slicing them into samples. The data sequences contained in each sample are detected. Successive samples are compared and used to increase or decrease the estimates. Such permits the center bit in a string of identical bits to be detected after subsequent bits have already been received and are being processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: William Redman-White, Simon D. Bramwell
  • Patent number: 6784741
    Abstract: A low noise amplifier with switchable gain settings comprises a cascoded emitter coupled pair (T1, T2, T5, T6; T3, T4, T7, T8) having a current diverter (T9, T10) which reduces the gain to an intermediate level in response to a control signal on terminals (8, 9). Further control signals on terminals (5, 10, 11, 12, 13) reduce the gain to a low level by introducing emitter degeneration (R3). To compensate for the increase in input impedance caused by the introduction of emitter degeneration feedback loops (C1, R8; C2, R9) are connected between the diversion path and the amplifier inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: William Redman-White
  • Publication number: 20040017862
    Abstract: A direct conversion receiver includes a detector that provides a measure of bias offset that is caused by component mismatches in the direct conversion mixer, and a corrective network that reduces the bias offset based on this measure. The direct conversion mixer demodulates a radio-frequency (RF) input signal via mixing with a local-oscillator (LO) signal to provide a differential baseband output signal. A differential peak detector compares the peak signal value at each side of the mixer's differential output, and a differential integrator averages the difference between these peak signal values to provide the measure of bias offset. The corrective network adds a correction offset to each of the local oscillator local oscillator paths on each of the switching pairs that provide the differential output, but opposite to the local oscillator connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventor: William Redman-White
  • Patent number: 6542103
    Abstract: An arrangement for generating an error signal representing the differences between an input signal voltage level (xpk, xnk) and an estimated value (rp, rn) for the input signal voltage level comprises first (T1, T2) and second (T5, T6) transconductors and a differencing circuit (T3, T4, T7, T8) which forms the modulus of the difference between the outputs of the transconductors. The error signal is converted into a probability signal by subtracting the error signal from a constant signal (408) to produce a signal at the output (407) which is a maximum when the input voltage level and estimated voltage level are equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: William Redman-White, Simon D. Bramwell