Inventor · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, US

Ernest C. Chen

73Patents
12h-index
47Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 24, 1992 → Jun 13, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7209524B2 Layered modulation for digital signals Electricity 44 Expired
US7173981B1 Dual layer signal processing in a layered modulation digital signal system Electricity 32 Expired
US7460832B2 Methods and apparatuses for minimizing co-channel interference Electricity 29 Expired
US8200149B1 Combining transponder bandwidths for source and forward error correction encoding efficiency Electricity 24 Active
US7245671B1 Preprocessing signal layers in a layered modulation digital signal system to use legacy receivers Electricity 19 Expired
US7184473B2 Equalizers for layered modulated and other signals Electricity 16 Expired
US9485010B1 Adaptive coding and modulation for spot beam satellite broadcast Electricity 15 Active
US7466282B2 Tri-head KaKuKa feed for single-offset dish antenna Electricity 15 Active
US6611238B1 Method and apparatus for reducing earth station interference from non-GSO and terrestrial sources Electricity 15 Expired
US9503177B1 Methods and systems for aligning a satellite receiver dish using a smartphone or tablet device Electricity 14 Active
US8982004B1 Integrated ODU controller for antenna pointing Electricity 14 Active
US7961880B2 Methods and apparatuses for determining scrambling codes for signal transmission Electricity 13 Active
US7715786B2 Blind identification of advanced modulation and coding modes Electricity 12 Active
US7551736B2 Physical layer header scrambling in satellite broadcast systems Electricity 12 Active
US7639759B2 Carrier to noise ratio estimations from a received signal Electricity 11 Expired
US7426246B2 Dual layer signal processing in a layered modulation digital signal system Electricity 11 Active
US7467170B1 Sample generation method and system for digital simulation processes Physics 11 Expired
US7292547B1 Device and method for nodal multiple access into communications channels Electricity 9 Expired
US7822154B2 Signal, interference and noise power measurement Electricity 8 Active
US7912427B2 Single-wire multiswitch and channelized RF cable test meter Electricity 8 Active
US7483505B2 Unblind equalizer architecture for digital communication systems Electricity 8 Expired
US7412209B2 Shifted channel characteristics for mitigating co-channel interference Electricity 7 Expired
US7920643B2 Maximizing power and spectral efficiencies for layered and conventional modulations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8134512B1 Antenna peak strength finder Electricity 7 Active
US7423987B2 Feeder link configurations to support layered modulation for digital signals Electricity 6 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.