Inventor · Seattle, WA, US

Thomas J. Endres

26Patents
12h-index
14Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 19, 1998 → May 7, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6178209A Method of estimating trellis encoded symbols utilizing simplified trellis decoding Electricity 53 Expired
US6426972B1 Reduced complexity equalizer for multi mode signaling Electricity 48 Expired
US6418164B1 Adaptive equalizer with enhanced error quantization Electricity 46 Expired
US7031405B1 Carrier phase estimation based on single-axis constant modulus cost criterion and Bussgang criteria Electricity 41 Expired
US6337878B1 Adaptive equalizer with decision directed constant modulus algorithm Electricity 38 Expired
US6668014B1 Equalizer method and apparatus using constant modulus algorithm blind equalization and partial decoding Electricity 36 Expired
US6985549B1 Blind cost criterion timing recovery Electricity 34 Expired
US7027500B1 Linear prediction based initialization of a single-axis blind equalizer for VSB signals Electricity 29 Expired
US7006565B1 Hybrid soft and hard decision feedback equalizer Electricity 28 Expired
US6560299B1 Diversity receiver with joint signal processing Electricity 25 Expired
US6850563B1 Data slicer for combined trellis decoding and equalization Electricity 19 Expired
US7349469B1 DC offset correction for constant modulus equalization Electricity 12 Expired
US6970523B2 Diversity receiver with joint automatic gain control signal processing Electricity 12 Expired
US6937677B2 Diversity receiver with joint phase locked loop filter Electricity 11 Expired
US7580482B2 Joint, adaptive control of equalization, synchronization, and gain in a digital communications receiver Electricity 9 Expired
US6870892B2 Diversity receiver with joint baud clock recovery Electricity 6 Expired
US7180942B2 Joint adaptive optimization of soft decision device and feedback equalizer Electricity 5 Expired
US7346105B2 Decision feedback equalization with fractionally-spaced feedback data Electricity 4 Expired
US7853978B2 Remote antenna and local receiver subsystems for receiving data signals carried over analog television Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7499501B2 Symbol error based compensation methods for nonlinear amplifier distortion Electricity 3 Active
US8194791B2 Joint, adaptive control of equalization, synchronization, and gain in a digital communications receiver Electricity 2 Active
USRE42558E1 Joint adaptive optimization of soft decision device and feedback equalizer General 1 Active
US7580455B2 Decision feedback equalization with fractionally-spaced feedback data Electricity 1 Active
US8170128B2 Method and apparatus for joint decoding and equalization Electricity 0 Active
US8724759B2 Coherent synchronization and framing in a digital television receiver Electricity 0 Active

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