Patents by Inventor Wolfram Pieperhoff

Wolfram Pieperhoff 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).

  • Methods and devices for regulating power in wireless receiver circuits
    Patent number: 8964617
    Abstract: Access terminals are adapted to regulate power in wireless receiver circuits. In one example, access terminals include a communications interface with at least one wireless receiver circuit. A processing circuit coupled with the communications interface can receive a transmission during a Frequency Correction Channel (FCCH) frame. Following the received transmission, at least a portion of the receiver circuit may be powered down. A determination may also be made whether the received transmission was reliable. The receiver circuit can subsequently be powered up, and another transmission can be received on a subsequent channel. When the received transmission was sufficiently reliable, the other transmission may be a transmission during a Synchronization Channel (SCH) frame. When the received transmission is not sufficiently reliable, the other transmission may be another transmission received during a subsequent Frequency Correction Channel (FCCH) frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Divaydeep Sikri, Farrukh Rashid, Helena Deirdre O'Shea, Cetin Altan, Wolfram Pieperhoff
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REGULATING POWER IN WIRELESS RECEIVER CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20130322313
    Abstract: Access terminals are adapted to regulate power in wireless receiver circuits. In one example, access terminals include a communications interface with at least one wireless receiver circuit. A processing circuit coupled with the communications interface can receive a transmission during a Frequency Correction Channel (FCCH) frame. Following the received transmission, at least a portion of the receiver circuit may be powered down. A determination may also be made whether the received transmission was reliable. The receiver circuit can subsequently be powered up, and another transmission can be received on a subsequent channel. When the received transmission was sufficiently reliable, the other transmission may be a transmission during a Synchronization Channel (SCH) frame. When the received transmission is not sufficiently reliable, the other transmission may be another transmission received during a subsequent Frequency Correction Channel (FCCH) frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Divaydeep Sikri, Farrukh Rashid, Helena Deirdre O'Shea, Cetin Altan, Wolfram Pieperhoff