Patents Examined by Junpeng Chen
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Patent number: 11711153Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless signal performance adjustment apparatus and method, and a wireless communication terminal. The wireless signal performance adjustment apparatus comprises a monitoring unit, a control unit, a measurement unit and an adjustment unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: ZTE CORPORATIONInventor: Shuai Guo
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Patent number: 11705935Abstract: An antenna interface arrangement is disclosed for cancellation of a transmit signal at a receiver port of a transceiver. The antenna interface arrangement comprises an amplifier and a distributed transformer having a primary side winding, a first secondary side winding, and a second secondary side winding. The primary side winding is connectable to a transmitter port of the transceiver and has a first part (311) and a second part (312), the first secondary side winding (313) is connectable to an antenna port of the transceiver and has a first inductive coupling to the first part of the primary side winding, and the second secondary side winding (314, 315) is connectable to the receiver port of the transceiver and has a second inductive coupling to the second part of the primary side winding. The amplifier (305, 306) has an input connected to the first secondary side winding and an output connected to the second secondary side winding.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Fabien Mesquita, Stefan Andersson
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Patent number: 11705932Abstract: Circuits for a receiver, comprising: M first mixers that each receive an input signal, that are each clocked by a different phase of a first common clock frequency, and that each provide an output, wherein M is a count of the first mixers; and M sets of N second mixers, wherein N is a count of the second mixers in each of the M sets, wherein each second mixer in each set of N second mixers receives as an input the output of a corresponding one of the M first mixers, wherein each of the N second mixers in each of the M sets are clocked by a different phase of a second common clock frequency, and wherein each of the second mixers has an output.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University In the City of New YorkInventors: Guoxiang Han, Peter R. Kinget, Tanbir Haque
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Patent number: 11699979Abstract: Example embodiments provide a process that includes one or more of receiving an audio signal at a feedback compressor circuit, multiplying the received audio signal with a power feedback signal to create a product audio signal, wherein the feedback signal comprises a low-pass filtered signal, applying a power amplifier to the product audio signal, and providing the amplified product audio signal as an output signal to a speaker.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLCInventor: Aaron Faulstich
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Patent number: 11695441Abstract: A method of cancelling interference signals may comprise: receiving, from a transmitting communication node, a first polarization signal including an interference signal and a second polarization signal that is orthogonal to the first polarization signal and includes the interference signal; generating a combined signal by combining the first polarization signal and the second polarization signal using initial combining coefficients; calculating a correlation between the combined signal and one of the first polarization signal and the second polarization signal; selecting final combining coefficients based on the correlation; and generating an output signal by combining the first polarization signal and the second polarization signal using the final combining coefficients.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventor: Jung Bin Kim
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Patent number: 11695196Abstract: An antenna device intended to be used in a communication system of a timepiece, including a substrate; a first antenna circuit made on the substrate and having first and second strands which are connected and having a proximal end and a distal end, extending in parallel, a second antenna circuit made on the substrate and having third and fourth strands which are connected and having a proximal end and a distal end, and extending in parallel, an electrical junction link joining the proximal ends of the first and third strands; a connection portion configured to be bent relative to the electrical junction link, and including a conductive connection which is connected to the electrical junction link and including an electromagnetic shielding of the conductive connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Thierry Scordilis, Zoran Randjelovic, Jean Gorisse
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Patent number: 11689300Abstract: A multi-panel base station test system includes a base station radio unit configured with a plurality of antenna panels positioned at a first end of a test chamber of the multi-panel base station test system. The multi-panel base station test system includes a plurality of test antennas positioned at a second end of the test chamber opposing the first end. The multi-panel base station test system includes a microwave lens positioned between the plurality of antenna panels and the plurality of test antennas in the test chamber. The microwave lens is configured to focus respective beams transmitted from each of the plurality of antenna panels toward respective focal points associated with each of the plurality of test antennas based on steering of the plurality of antenna panels.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.Inventor: Adrian Jones
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Patent number: 11689390Abstract: A gateway device and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, multiple wireless transceivers are located within an in-wall housing, which also interconnectedly includes a processor, memory, various physical ports and wireless transceivers. To improve convenience, the gateway device may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device. Virtual remote control functionality for various amenities may then be provided. To improve safety, the gateway device may be incorporated into a geolocation and safety network.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Enseo, LLCInventors: William C. Fang, Vanessa Ogle
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Patent number: 11671134Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry having one or more radios and one or more antennas. The wireless circuitry may operate in the presence of radio-frequency interference coming from various sources, which can cause a loss of sensitivity or desensitization of the wireless circuitry. To detect and mitigate desensitization of the wireless circuitry, one or more processors may receive wireless circuitry performance metric data, discriminate between wideband interference and narrowband interference based on the wireless circuitry performance metric data, and use different representative noise floor values for wideband interference or narrowband interference to characterize the desensitization of the wireless circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Imran Latif
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Patent number: 11664838Abstract: The demodulating apparatus includes circuits of receiving modulated radio signals coming from a plurality of transmission devices, first demodulating a first reception signal DPSK-modulated among the radio signals, modulating demodulation signals into modulation signals based on DPSK, estimating an amplitude and a phase of a propagation signal on a propagation path leading to the reception circuit from the transmission device on the basis of the radio signal and the modulation signal, first generating, based on the variables, a first simulated signal simulating the first reception signal from the modulation signal, extracting a signal obtained by cancelling the first simulated signal from the radio signals, and repeating processes of the first demodulating, the modulating, the estimating, the first generating and the extracting to such a limit as to enable the first demodulating.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Takizawa, Masafumi Moriyama, Fumihide Kojima, Atsushi Kurosawa
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Patent number: 11664837Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable media for spread spectrum (SS) receiver interference mitigation are presented. An interference mitigation unit can include an interference analyzer that receives a complex-valued signal and estimates statistical characteristics of at least a portion of the complex-valued signal, a unit controller that receives the estimated statistical characteristics from the interference analyzer, classifies the interference distribution based on statistical characteristics as a Gaussian, long-tail, or short-tail, selects a non-linearity for that distribution, and a programmable non-linear module that performs a non-linear functional conversion of an envelope of the received complex-valued signal using a non-linear input-output characteristic based on the classification by the unit controller.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Gennady Y. Poberezhskiy, Antoine J. Rouphael, Phillip M. Izdebski, Allison Y. Pern
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Patent number: 11658686Abstract: A control node for an array antenna configured so as to apply an attenuation and a phase shift to a radiofrequency signal on the basis of a control signal, to a beamforming network, to an array antenna and to a satellite includes the control node. It comprises a quadratic divider that delivers an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal on separate transmission channels, a combiner configured so as to sum the signals transmitted on two of the transmission channels, each transmission channel comprising at least: one attenuation cell activated on the basis of the value of a dedicated bit of the control signal, and one phase shift cell configured so as to apply a fixed phase shift, activated on the basis of the result of combinational logic implemented on bits of the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: THALESInventors: Thierry Adam, Stéphane Rochette, Benjamin Therond
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Patent number: 11646805Abstract: A measurement system utilizing metasurfaces and compressive sensing is provided that measures specular and diffuse RF reflection properties of a sample omnidirectionally across a broad frequency regime in a monostatic, bistatic, or BRDF sense. The measurement system may be used to measure the full hemispherical (or spherical) reflection from a target that has been illuminated in a monostatic or bistatic case. The measurement system may also be used to measure the full BRDF of a sample or spatially complex bistatic reflections from a sample.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Scott R. Sorbel, Clayton Spann, Robert D. Johnson, James A. McDaniel, William Barrett, III, Peter S. Ford
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Patent number: 11641067Abstract: Technologies directed to terminated bridge elements between panel gaps are of an antenna structure are described. The antenna structure includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board, and a structure. The first circuit board includes a first set of antenna elements. The second circuit board includes a second set of antenna elements. The structure is located over a gap between the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The structure includes an antenna element. The antenna element, an antenna element of the first set of antenna elements, and an antenna element of the second set of antenna elements form a lattice pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Christopher Steven Merola
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Patent number: 11637576Abstract: A radio-frequency module is able to simultaneously communicate a signal of a first communication band and a signal of a second communication band and does not simultaneously communicate a signal of the first communication band and a signal of a third communication band. The radio-frequency module includes a mounting substrate, a filter, a filter, and a filter. The filter is provided on the mounting substrate and has the first communication band as the pass band thereof. The filter is provided on the mounting substrate and has the second communication band as the pass band thereof. The filter is provided on the mounting substrate and has the third communication band as the pass band thereof. The filter and the filter are indirectly stacked on top of each other and the filter and the filter are not stacked on top of each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Rui Tanaka
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Patent number: 11616485Abstract: A front-end module may include an acoustic wave filter with a first and second interdigital transducer electrode. The first interdigital transducer electrode may be single-ended with a first input bus bar that receives an input signal and a second input bus bar connected to ground. The second interdigital transducer electrode may be differential with a first output bus bar connected to a first output terminal and a second output bus bar connected to a second output terminal. The front-end module may include a low noise amplifier (LNA) that outputs a differential signal via a differential output and has a differential input connected to the acoustic wave filter. The LNA may include a first input transistor that receives a first signal from the first output terminal of the acoustic wave filter and a second input transistor that receives a second signal from the second output terminal of the acoustic wave filter.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Mostafa Azizi
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Patent number: 11616519Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a receiver and a signal addition circuit. The receiver receives a reception signal of a first frequency band. The signal addition circuit is configured to input the reception signal and a calibration signal of a second frequency band which is different from the first frequency band to the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Koji Akita
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Patent number: 11611361Abstract: A feed line connects an RFIC and a radiating element. A baseband ground plane (BB ground) is connected to a ground terminal of a BBIC. A radio frequency ground plane (RF ground) is placed in such a manner as to overlap the BB ground. The RF ground serves as a return path of the feed line. A first inter-ground connection circuit connects the BB ground and the RF ground. Furthermore, a second inter-ground connection circuit connects the BB ground and the RF ground. Connecting parts between these grounds and the second inter-ground connection circuit are arranged closer to the edges of these grounds than connecting parts between these grounds and the first inter-ground connection circuit. The connecting part between the ground and the second inter-ground connection circuit is placed on one side of a certain imaginary straight line that passes substantially the geometric center of the ground.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunari Kawahata, Ryuken Mizunuma, Hideki Ueda, Satoshi Tanaka, Masashi Omuro, Yasuhisa Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11595065Abstract: Systems and methods are described to perform wireless communication. The device includes a pre-distortion circuit configured to pre-distort an input signal based on a parameter set including a plurality of coefficients and generate a pre-distorted signal, a power amplifier configured to amplify the pre-distorted signal and generate an output signal, and a parameter obtaining circuit configured to perform an iterative approximation operation based on the output signal and the pre-distorted signal, which change over time, according to an indirect training structure configured to minimize a difference between an intermediate signal obtained based on the output signal and the pre-distorted signal, and obtain the parameter set.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongmin Choi, Junse Lee, Hyunseok Yu
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Patent number: 11581960Abstract: A translation device, a test system, and a memory system are provided. The translation device includes plural first input/output (I/O) circuits that respectively transmit and receive first signals through plural pins based on a pulse amplitude modulation (PAM)-M mode, a second I/O circuit that transmits and receives a second signal through one or more pins based on a PAM-N mode, and a translation circuit that translates the first signals into the second signal and translates the second signal into the first signals. M and N are different integers of 2 or more.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyungmin Jin, Younghoon Son, Hyunyoon Cho, Youngdon Choi, Junghwan Choi