Patents Examined by Pablo N. Tran
  • Patent number: 11411540
    Abstract: A power amplifier is disclosed for amplifying an input signal and providing an amplified signal to a load at a junction node. The power amplifier comprises a splitter network, a carrier amplifier path and a peaking amplifier path. The peaking amplifier path comprises a first impedance transformer coupled between a peaking output matching network and the junction node to enhance the off-state impedance of the peaking amplifier. The carrier amplifier path comprises a second impedance transformer coupled between a carrier output matching network and the junction node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Zhancang Wang, Dan Yan
  • Patent number: 11398873
    Abstract: The signal supply device includes a frequency adjuster, a modulator, an amplifier, a current measurer, a frequency setter, and a controller. While the controller executes a test signal supply process for changing a frequency of a carrier wave within a frequency range predetermined as a range of a resonance frequency of an antenna, modulating the carrier wave with a test signal as an input signal, amplifying the carrier wave that is modulated and supplying the carrier wave that is amplified as an output target signal to the antenna, the controller measures an antenna current corresponding to the frequency each time the frequency of the carrier wave is changed. The frequency setter sets, as a usage frequency used as the frequency of the carrier wave, the frequency corresponding to the antenna current on a larger side among the antenna currents measured during execution of the test signal supply process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bunsei Murakami
  • Patent number: 11398845
    Abstract: An n-number of input ports, a plurality of output ports equal to ?k=2n+1(k?1), and a plurality of switches selectively connecting the n input ports to the plurality of output ports. A combiner network comprising n?1 combiners is connected to the plurality of output ports and one input port is directly connected to an output port to provide n output ports of the combiner network. A second stage switching matrix comprising n input ports is connected to the n output ports of the combiner network for selectively connecting one of the n output ports of the combiner network to an output load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SOFTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Robert Sternowski
  • Patent number: 11374608
    Abstract: Radio-frequency front-end circuit includes: first transfer circuit that transfers a 4G signal, a first antenna terminal connected to a first antenna, a second antenna terminal connected to a second antenna, and a switch that includes a first selection terminal and a second selection terminal. The first selection terminal is connected to the first transfer circuit, and the second selection terminal is connected to a second transfer circuit that transfers a 5G signal. The switch: when the first antenna is high in antenna sensitivity, connects the first antenna terminal to the first selection terminal, and connects the second antenna terminal to the second selection terminal; and when the second antenna is high in antenna sensitivity, connects the first antenna terminal to the second selection terminal, and connects the second antenna terminal to the first selection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Ono
  • Patent number: 11374317
    Abstract: An antenna array for a liquid crystal display able to function without a phase shifter includes at least two antenna units, each with an antenna module and a controlling circuit. The antenna module is at the side of a first substrate, a grounding layer, a feeding portion, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer also being included as a stack. The grounding layer and the feeding portion are on sides of the second substrate. The controlling circuit controls rotation of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer therein to change a dielectric constant between the grounding layer and the antenna. The operating frequency of each antenna unit is thereby changed and radiation beam or pattern of the antenna array is thereby adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Tao Kao, Fu-Yen Hsieh, Yu-Hung Tsao
  • Patent number: 11362690
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The present disclosure is to amplify transmission signals in a wireless communication system, and a transmitting device may include an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements, a plurality of amplification chains for amplifying signals transmitted through the plurality of the antenna elements, and a power supply line for supplying powers to the plurality of the amplification chains. Herein, the powers used by power amplifiers included in at least one amplification chain of the plurality of the amplification chains may be divided by filtering or by independent pads and branch-lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byungjoon Park, Daehyun Kang, Jihoon Kim, Hyunchul Park, Juho Son
  • Patent number: 11362689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device and, more particularly, to an electronic device and a method for transmitting and receiving signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Lim Go, Tae-Sik Yun, Sung-Chul Park
  • Patent number: 11362626
    Abstract: A high frequency amplifier circuit includes an input terminal and an output terminal, transmission power amplifiers (11L, 11H) that amplify a high frequency signal in first and second frequency bands, each of which is a part of a communication band, at equal to or higher than a prescribed amplification factor, respectively, switches (21, 31) that exclusively switch connection between the input terminal, the transmission power amplifier (11L), and the output terminal, and connection between the input terminal, the transmission power amplifier (11H), and the output terminal, and a transmission filter that is connected between the output terminal and the switch (31) and has a communication band as a pass band, the first frequency band including a frequency band other than the second frequency band, the second frequency band including a frequency band other than the first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Ono
  • Patent number: 11356134
    Abstract: A transmitter for an aircraft is disclosed. The transmitter comprises a first channel configured to transmit first radio frequency (RF) signals in a first direction and a second channel configured to transmit second RF signals in a second direction. A branchline coupler is communicatively coupled to the first channel and the second channel. The branchline coupler comprises one or more quarter wave transformers and a set of PIN diode switches configured to have a high impedance responsive to the transmitter being in an amplitude-based mode and a low impedance responsive to the transmitter being in a phase-based mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Billsberry
  • Patent number: 11355225
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system (100) for use of a pharmaceutical product. The system comprises a container (102) accommodating a pharmaceutical product, the container (102) comprising a wireless communication unit (112) and a memory (116) which stores pairing-specific information for one or more medical devices (104), and a medical device (104) enabled for wireless communication with the wireless communication unit (112) of the container (102) and configured to read the pairing-specific information from the memory (116) of the container (102) to verify whether the container (102) is permitted to be used by the medical device (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Main Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant
  • Patent number: 11349520
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a microwave signal using two millimeter-wave frequencies. A first millimeter-wave up-conversion frequency, which is generated from a lower frequency source, is used to up-convert a baseband and/or intermediate signal into a first millimeter-wave signal, which is then down-converted into a microwave signal using a second millimeter-wave down-conversion frequency generated from the same lower frequency source. Each of the first and second millimeter-wave frequencies is associated with a phase noise that is higher than a phase noise associated with the lower frequency source, however, the frequency differential between the first millimeter-wave frequency and the second millimeter-wave frequency is free of the higher phase noise, as a result of the two millimeter-wave signal being generated from the single lower frequency source, thereby causing the resultant microwave signal to be free of the higher phase noise as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Siklu Communication Ltd.
    Inventors: Elad Dayan, Yigal Leiba
  • Patent number: 11349512
    Abstract: An example log power detector includes a gain or attenuation circuit and a detector circuit. The gain or attenuation circuit includes a plurality of gain or attenuation elements arranged in a sequence, each gain or attenuation element configured to generate an output signal that is an amplified or attenuated version of an input signal provided thereto. The detector circuit includes a plurality of detectors, each detector configured to receive the output signal from a different one of the gain or attenuation elements and to generate a signal indicative of a power of the received output signal. At least the last detector is configured to receive a DC offset signal that is different from a DC offset signal received by at least one other detector. Such a log detector may provide effective noise compensation to reduce errors caused by input noise, especially for low-power and/or high-frequency input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
    Inventor: Yalcin Alper Eken
  • Patent number: 11336241
    Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency amplifier capable of making a circuit substrate small and reducing a cost. A high-frequency amplifier is provided with a first substrate including a matching unit, and a second substrate including a transistor and a first impedance converter connected to each other, in which the matching unit of the first substrate and the first impedance converter are connected to each other via a first connection. Furthermore, the high-frequency amplifier is further provided with a third substrate including a matching unit, in which the second substrate may further include a second impedance converter connected to the transistor, and the second impedance converter and the matching unit of the third substrate may be connected to each other via a second connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kawamura, Masahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 11329684
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for signal boosters for vehicles are provided herein. In certain implementations, a vehicle signal booster system includes a signal booster and a mobile station antenna that receives an RF uplink signal and transmits a boosted RF downlink signal. The signal booster includes a housing, a mobile station antenna port that receives the RF uplink signal from the mobile station antenna and provides the boosted RF downlink signal to the mobile station antenna, a base station antenna that receives an RF downlink signal and transmits a boosted RF uplink signal, and booster circuitry. The booster circuitry generates the boosted RF downlink signal based on amplifying one or more downlink channels of the RF downlink signal, and generates the boosted RF uplink signal based on amplifying one or more uplink channels of the RF uplink signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Cellphone-Mate, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongtao Zhan, Xulei Lin
  • Patent number: 11329392
    Abstract: A multi-beam transmit/receive device comprises a Circular Polarization Frequency Selective Surface (CPFSS) unit, a transmit (Tx) flat array antenna assembly with multi-bean flat array antenna and a receive (Rx) flat array antenna assembly with multi-bean flat array antenna. The Tx multi-beam antenna is poisoned with respect to the CPFSS unit so that its transmission is configured to be reflected by the CPFSS unit to a reflector and to be reflected by the reflector in a defined direction and the Rx multi-beam antenna is poisoned with respect to the CPFSS unit so that transmission that hits the reflector from the defined direction and passes through the CPFSS unit focuses on the Rx multi-beam antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Nsl Comm Ltd.
    Inventor: David Mansour
  • Patent number: 11323142
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a module board including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board; an antenna connection terminal; a diplexer connected to the antenna connection terminal and including at least a first inductor which is a chip inductor; a transmission power amplifier; and a first circuit component disposed on a transmission path connecting the diplexer and the transmission power amplifier. The first inductor is disposed on the first principal surface, and one of the transmission power amplifier and the first circuit component is disposed on the second principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Sawada, Takayuki Shinozaki, Yukiya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11323143
    Abstract: In certain aspects, a device for wireless transmission includes a transmission path, a feedback path, and a DPD control module. The transmission path includes a digital pre-distortion (DPD) conversion module configured to perform pre-distortion processing on an amplitude and a phase of a transmission signal based on a pre-distortion processing strategy. The transmission path further includes a power amplifier coupled to a downstream of the DPD conversion module and configured to amplify a power of the transmission signal. The feedback path is coupled to the transmission path at the downstream of the power amplifier and configured to generate a feedback signal. The DPD control module is coupled to the feedback path and the DPD conversion module and configured to adjust the pre-distortion processing strategy based on an amplitude difference and a phase difference between the transmission signal and the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: BESTECHNIC (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weifeng Tong, Liang Zhang, Zhiqi Wang
  • Patent number: 11316559
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for enabling a wireless device to communicate with a portable computer over an inductive link. The portable computer is provided with a receiving unit for receiving data over said inductive link, and with a proximity detector for detecting proximity of a wireless device sending data over said inductive link. The processing of the data sent from the wireless device in said portable computer is enabled by a signal indicating a detected proximity of said wireless device. The portable computer may be a dive computer which includes a receiver unit capable of receiving sensor information from a pressure sensor an inductive link, and a proximity detector capable of sensing the proximity of the pressure sensor over the inductive link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Suunto Oy
    Inventor: Tom Ahola
  • Patent number: 11316500
    Abstract: A transmitter apparatus that performs beamforming with phase correction uses power detectors present between power amplifiers (PAs) and antennas are used to measure power amplitudes on at least two transmission paths. The sum and difference of these amplitudes are then evaluated to determine a phase difference therebetween. A phase of one signal contributing to the sum and difference may be modified until the sum and difference are the same. Based on an amount of phase modification, a correction signal may be sent to a beamforming circuit to provide phase correction during beamforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: QORVO US, INC.
    Inventor: Nadim Khlat
  • Patent number: 11316550
    Abstract: Cascode power amplifier bias circuits suitable for operating across multiple power supply domains are provided. In certain embodiments, a power amplifier system includes a cascode power amplifier and a multi-domain bias circuit that generates at least a first cascode bias voltage for the cascode power amplifier. The multi-domain bias circuit includes a coarse regulator that generates a regulated voltage based on a power supply voltage that is operable with multiple voltage levels associated with different power supply domains, a bandgap reference circuit that is powered by the regulated voltage and outputs a bandgap reference voltage, a bias voltage generator that generates multiple selectable bias voltages based on the bandgap reference voltage, and a bias voltage selector that chooses the first cascode bias voltage from amongst the selectable bias voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Bang Li Liang, Thomas Obkircher, Guillaume Alexandre Blin