Patents by Inventor Zdravko Boos

Zdravko Boos 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: 20160359457
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a mechanical resonator-based oscillator module generating a local oscillator signal with a frequency of more than 700 MHz. Further, the apparatus comprises a digital-to-time converter module generating a frequency adapted signal based on the local oscillator signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Zdravko Boos, Bernd-Ulrich Klepser
  • Patent number: 9467158
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing oscillator signals includes a first digital-to-time converter module configured to generate a first oscillator signal based on a first adapted input signal, a second digital-to-time converter module configured to generate a second oscillator signal; and a first processing module configured to generate the first adapted input signal of the first digital-to-time converter module by adding noise to a first input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Bernhard Raaf, Zdravko Boos, Stefan Meier
  • Publication number: 20160285469
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing oscillator signals includes a first digital-to-time converter module configured to generate a first oscillator signal based on a first adapted input signal, a second digital-to-time converter module configured to generate a second oscillator signal; and a first processing module configured to generate the first adapted input signal of the first digital-to-time converter module by adding noise to a first input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Bernhard Raaf, Zdravko Boos, Stefan Meier
  • Publication number: 20160261401
    Abstract: This application discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for sharing a local oscillator between multiple wireless devices. In certain examples, an apparatus can include a central frequency synthesizer configured to provide a central oscillator signal having a first frequency, a first transmitter, the first transmitter including a first transmit digital-to-time converter (DTC) configured to receive the central oscillator signal and to provide a first transmitter signal having a second frequency, and a first receiver, the first receiver including a first receive DTC configured to receive the central oscillator signal and to provide a first receiver signal having a first receive frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Hasnain Lakdawala, Ashoke Ravi, Ofir Degani, Bernd-Ulrich Klepser, Zdravko Boos, Georgios Palaskas, Stefano Pellerano, Paolo Madoglio
  • Patent number: 9431958
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a mechanical resonator-based oscillator module generating a local oscillator signal with a frequency of more than 700 MHz. Further, the apparatus comprises a digital-to-time converter module generating a frequency adapted signal based on the local oscillator signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Zdravko Boos, Bernd-Ulrich Klepser
  • Publication number: 20160094249
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating base band receive signals includes a first analog-to-digital converter module generating a first digital high frequency receive signal at least by sampling a first analog high frequency receive signal, a first digital signal processing module generating a first base band receive signal based on the first digital high frequency receive signal, a second analog-to-digital converter module generating a second digital high frequency receive signal at least by sampling a second analog high frequency receive signal and a second digital signal processing module generating a second base band receive signal based on the second digital high frequency receive signal. The first analog high frequency receive signal comprises first payload data at a first receive channel associated with a first carrier frequency and the second analog high frequency receive signal comprises second payload data at a second receive channel associated with a second carrier frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Ashkan Naeini, Gerhard Mitteregger, Zdravko Boos
  • Patent number: 9288841
    Abstract: This application discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for sharing a local oscillator between multiple wireless devices. In certain examples, an apparatus can include a central frequency synthesizer configured to provide a central oscillator signal having a first frequency, a first transmitter, the first transmitter including a first transmit digital-to-time converter (DTC) configured to receive the central oscillator signal and to provide a first transmitter signal having a second frequency, and a first receiver, the first receiver including a first receive DTC configured to receive the central oscillator signal and to provide a first receiver signal having a first receive frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Hasnain Lakdawala, Ashoke Ravi, Ofir Degani, Bernd-Ulrich Klepser, Zdravko Boos, Georgios Palaskas, Stefano Pellerano, Paolo Madoglio
  • Publication number: 20150372644
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a mechanical resonator-based oscillator module generating a local oscillator signal with a frequency of more than 700 MHz. Further, the apparatus comprises a digital-to-time converter module generating a frequency adapted signal based on the local oscillator signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Zdravko Boos, Bernd-Ulrich Klepser
  • Publication number: 20150181643
    Abstract: This application discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for sharing a local oscillator between multiple wireless devices. In certain examples, an apparatus can include a central frequency synthesizer configured to provide a central oscillator signal having a first frequency, a first transmitter, the first transmitter including a first transmit digital-to-time converter (DTC) configured to receive the central oscillator signal and to provide a first transmitter signal having a second frequency, and a first receiver, the first receiver including a first receive DTC configured to receive the central oscillator signal and to provide a first receiver signal having a first receive frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Hasnain Lakdawala, Ashoke Ravi, Ofir Degani, Bernd-Ulrich Klepser, Zdravko Boos, Georgios Palaskas, Stefano Pellerano, Paolo Madoglio
  • Patent number: 9041576
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention create a circuit having a digital-to-time converter with a high-frequency input for receiving a high-frequency signal, a digital input for receiving a first digital signal, and a high-frequency output for the provision of a chronologically delayed version of the HF signal. In addition, the circuit has an oscillator arrangement for the provision of the high-frequency signal, having a phase-locked loop for adjusting a frequency of the high-frequency signal. The digital-to-time converter is designed to chronologically delay the received high-frequency signal based on the first digital signal received at its digital input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd-Ulrich Klepser, Markus Scholz, Zdravko Boos, Thomas Mayer
  • Publication number: 20150091384
    Abstract: This document discusses apparatus and methods for reducing energy consumption of digital-to-time converter (DTC) based transmitters. In an example, a wireless device can include a digital-to-time converter (DTC) configured to receive phase information from a baseband processor and to provide a first modulation signal for generating a wireless signal, and a detector configured to detect an operating condition of the wireless device and to adjust a parameter of the DTC in response to a change in the operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Paolo Madoglio, Georgios Palaskas, Bernd-Ulrich Klepser, Andreas Menkhoff, Zdravko Boos, Andreas Boehme, Michael Bruennert
  • Patent number: 8891681
    Abstract: A transmitter comprises a baseband signal path, which is designed to provide a first baseband signal having an in-phase component and a quadrature component in a first mode of the transmitter and to provide a second baseband signal having an amplitude component and a phase component in a second mode of the transmitter; an oscillator circuit, which is designed to provide an oscillator signal, wherein the oscillator circuit is furthermore designed to provide the oscillator signal as an unmodulated signal in the first mode and to provide the oscillator signal as a modulated signal in the second mode, wherein a modulation of the oscillator signal in the second mode is based on the phase component of the second baseband signal; and a radio-frequency digital-to-analogue converter (RF-DAC), which is designed to receive the oscillator signal, the first baseband signal and the amplitude component of the second baseband signal, wherein the RF-DAC is furthermore designed to provide the vector-modulated RF output signal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Zdravko Boos, Bernd-Ulrich Klepser, Martin Simon
  • Patent number: 8873667
    Abstract: The present application relates to embodiments of methods and a device for digital modulation. In a first embodiment of the method, the following steps are executed: determining a polarity of the signal, providing an inverted carrier signal, providing an inverted signal by an inversion of the polarity of at least one portion of the signal, mixing the signal with the carrier signal when the signal has the first polarity, and mixing the inverted signal with the inverted carrier signal when the signal has the second polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Herzinger, Zdravko Boos
  • Publication number: 20140313520
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for location determination using light sources. An example method may include receiving, by a computer including one or more processors, a location request for a device within an indoor environment. The method may also include receiving respective light source identifiers associated with one or more light sources in the indoor environment. The one or more light sources may be in communication with the device. Additionally, the method may include accessing, by the computer, a virtual map associated with the indoor environment, and the virtual map may include one or more associations between the respective light source identifiers and respective positions, within the indoor environment, of the one or more light sources. Furthermore, the method may include determining, based at least in part on the virtual map and the respective light source identifiers, a location of the device within the indoor environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Lutz Naethke, Andrey Nikolaev, Avishay Sharaga, Zdravko Boos, Wing Yan Mok
  • Patent number: 8843090
    Abstract: A transceiver arrangement includes a first receive path including a first connection and a first receive amplifier, and a second receive path including a second connection, a second receive amplifier, and a frequency conversion device. The transceiver also includes a controllable coupling device configured to couple an output of the first receive amplifier to an input of the frequency conversion device on the second signal path, and a control circuit configured to provide a control signal to the coupling device for selectively combining signals delivered by the first and second receive amplifiers in the correct phase based on a parameter which is derived from a signal present at the first connection or second connection, or both. The parameter derived from the received signal represents whether a signal strength of the received signal or a signal quality of the received signal exceeds a first predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventor: Zdravko Boos
  • Patent number: 8718578
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement includes a component having a closed signal path, that closed signal path connected to a first port, a second port and at least a third port. The component has a directed signal flow of a signal applied to one of that ports. Such a coupling device can be connected to a transmitter and to a receiver path, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Adler, Zdravko Boos
  • Patent number: 8666325
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to linearization in polar modulators of wireless communication devices, to attain linear amplification and high power efficiency during transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Nick Shute, Andrei Panioukov, Zdravko Boos
  • Patent number: 8626082
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to linearization in polar modulators of wireless communication devices and associated methods, to attain linear amplification and high power efficiency during transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Nick Shute, Andrei Panioukov, Zdravko Boos
  • Publication number: 20140002287
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention create a circuit having a digital-to-time converter with a high-frequency input for receiving a high-frequency signal, a digital input for receiving a first digital signal, and a high-frequency output for the provision of a chronologically delayed version of the HF signal. In addition, the circuit has an oscillator arrangement for the provision of the high-frequency signal, having a phase-locked loop for adjusting a frequency of the high-frequency signal. The digital-to-time converter is designed to chronologically delay the received high-frequency signal based on the first digital signal received at its digital input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Bernd-Ulrich Klepser, Markus Scholz, Zdravko Boos, Thomas Mayer
  • Publication number: 20130294543
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to linearization in polar modulators of wireless communication devices and associated methods, to attain linear amplification and high power efficiency during transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Nick Shute, Andrei Panioukov, Zdravko Boos