Patents by Inventor Allen Minh-Triet Tran

Allen Minh-Triet Tran 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: 20210258133
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an apparatus (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) configured to operate in a full-duplex mode. The apparatus may include at least one transmit chain configured to operate within a first frequency band and at least one receive chain configured to operate within a second frequency band. The apparatus may receive coordination information that is configured to mitigate the self-interference between the at least one transmit chain of the apparatus and the at least one receive chain of the apparatus. In some examples, the received coordination information includes at least one of subcarrier spacing coordination information, beam coordination information, or slot format index coordination information. In some examples, the apparatus may transmit a first signal while receiving a second signal based on at least the subcarrier spacing coordination information, the beam coordination information, or the slot format index coordination information to mitigate self-interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Vasanthan RAGHAVAN, Tao LUO, Junyi LI, Alexander DOROSENCO, Robert DOUGLAS, Jeremy Darren DUNWORTH, Allen Minh-Triet TRAN
  • Publication number: 20210144648
    Abstract: Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently transmitting uplink signals to a base station using shared antennas associated with different power classes. A first device may be in communications with a base station using local antennas and may identify a second device having auxiliary antennas available for transmitting uplink signals to the base station. The local and auxiliary antennas may be associated with different power classes, and the first device may transmit a message to a base station indicating that the first device is capable of transmitting using antennas associated with different power classes. The first device may then receive configurations from a base station of different transmit powers to transmit on the antennas associated with the different power classes, and the first device may transmit uplink signals to the base station in accordance with the different transmit power configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Prashanth Haridas Hande, Jay Kumar Sundararajan, Gokul Sridharan, Wei Yang, Wanshi Chen, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, Allen Minh-Triet Tran, Joseph Patrick Burke, Naga Bhushan
  • Publication number: 20210135833
    Abstract: A base station is disclosed that includes two separated antenna arrays. In a TDD mode of operation, both arrays are used for either transmit or receive. In a sub-band full-duplex mode of operation, one array is used to transmit downlink symbols while the remaining array is used to receive uplink symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Charline HAO, Lida AKHOONDZADEHASL, Joseph Patrick BURKE, Dai LU, Muhammad Sayed Khairy ABDELGHAFFAR, Allen Minh-Triet TRAN, Shimman Arvind PATEL, Tingfang JI, Krishna Kiran MUKKAVILLI
  • Publication number: 20210136696
    Abstract: During an uplink TDD slot, an UL UE transmits an UL signal that occupies a slot frequency range. Similarly, during a DL TDD slot, a DL UE receives a DL signal that occupies the slot frequency range. But during an SBFD slot, a UL UE transmits a UL signal that occupies only a first sub-band of the slot frequency range. Similarly, a DL UE receives a DL signal during an SBFD slot that occupies only a second sub-band of the slot frequency range. The second sub-band is distinct from the first sub-band. The DL UE may thus mitigate UE-to-UE interference during an SBFD slot by filtering the DL signal to substantially block the second sub-band from being received at the DL UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph Patrick BURKE, Muhammad Sayed Khairy ABDELGHAFFAR, Charline HAO, Joseph Binamira SORIAGA, Lai Kan LEUNG, Gurkanwal Singh SAHOTA, Tingfang JI, Krishna Kiran MUKKAVILLI, Allen Minh-Triet Tran
  • Patent number: 10971819
    Abstract: An antenna system for transducing radio-frequency energy includes: a first antenna sub-system comprising a plurality of radiators and a ground conductor, each of the plurality of radiators being sized and shaped to transduce millimeter-wave energy between first wireless signals and first electrical current signals; and a second antenna sub-system comprising a first radiator configured to transduce sub-6 GHz energy between second wireless signals and second electrical current signals, wherein the first radiator comprises the ground conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Guining Shi, Young Jun Song, Allen Minh-Triet Tran, Mohammad Ali Tassoudji, Elizabeth Wyrwich, Julio Zegarra, Clinton James Wilber, Neil Burns, Jorge Fabrega Sanchez
  • Patent number: 10734709
    Abstract: An example of a wireless communication antenna system includes: a sub-6 antenna including a radiator configured to radiate or receive first energy having a first frequency, the first frequency being below 6 GHz, the radiator being electrically conductive; a first feed configured and disposed to electrically couple the first energy to or from the radiator; and a second feed configured and disposed to electrically couple second energy to or from the radiator, the second energy having a second frequency, the second frequency being above 23 GHz; where the radiator is configured to radiate or receive the second energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Allen Minh-Triet Tran
  • Publication number: 20200229010
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for determining a line-of-sight (LOS) path between a transmitter and a wireless device in a wireless communications network. In an aspect, a wireless device receives, from the transmitter, a first reference signal transmitted on a first antenna port and a second reference signal transmitted on a second antenna port, the first reference signal having a first polarization and the second reference signal having a second polarization with known difference (e.g., perpendicular) to the first polarization, compares multi-path channels estimated from reception of the first reference signal and the second reference signal to multi-path channels expected from the first reference signal and the second reference signal when transmitted along the LOS path between the transmitter and the wireless device, and determines which path (if any) of the multi-path channels corresponds to the LOS path between the transmitter and the wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Binamira SORIAGA, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Sony AKKARAKARAN, Naga BHUSHAN, Allen Minh-Triet TRAN, Charles Edward WHEATLEY, Tao LUO, Tingfang JI
  • Publication number: 20200228272
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for determining a line-of-sight (LOS) path between a transmitter and a wireless device. In an aspect, a wireless device receives a first reference signal on a first frequency band at a first time, receives a second reference signal on a second frequency band at a second time, compares the first time to the second time, and determines, at least based on the comparison of the first time to the second time, which of the first reference signal and/or the second reference signal followed the LOS path between the transmitter and the wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Binamira SORIAGA, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Naga BHUSHAN, Jay Kumar SUNDARARAJAN, Allen Minh-Triet TRAN, Tingfang JI
  • Publication number: 20200106157
    Abstract: An example of a wireless communication antenna system includes: a sub-6 antenna including a radiator configured to radiate or receive first energy having a first frequency, the first frequency being below 6 GHz, the radiator being electrically conductive; a first feed configured and disposed to electrically couple the first energy to or from the radiator; and a second feed configured and disposed to electrically couple second energy to or from the radiator, the second energy having a second frequency, the second frequency being above 23 GHz; where the radiator is configured to radiate or receive the second energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Allen Minh-Triet TRAN
  • Patent number: 10553943
    Abstract: A beam steering antenna is provided in a user terminal for satellite communications. The beam steering antenna includes an antenna feed structure having a plurality of feed elements configured to be switched on or off to form an initial beam, and a focus lens positioned adjacent to the antenna feed structure to form a focused beam. The antenna feed structure may include a plurality of active waveguide feed elements to generate a circularly polarized initial beam. The focus lens may be a spherical lens to form a circularly polarized focused beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Allen Minh-Triet Tran
  • Publication number: 20190260127
    Abstract: An antenna system for transducing radio-frequency energy includes: a first antenna sub-system comprising a plurality of radiators and a ground conductor, each of the plurality of radiators being sized and shaped to transduce millimeter-wave energy between first wireless signals and first electrical current signals; and a second antenna sub-system comprising a first radiator configured to transduce sub-6 GHz energy between second wireless signals and second electrical current signals, wherein the first radiator comprises the ground conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Guining SHI, Young Jun SONG, Allen Minh-Triet TRAN, Mohammad Ali TASSOUDJI, Elizabeth WYRWICH, Julio ZEGARRA, Clinton James WILBER, Neil BURNS, Jorge FABREGA SANCHEZ
  • Patent number: 10103428
    Abstract: A high gain multi-beam aircraft blade antenna of an air-to-ground antenna systems includes multiple columnar matrix antenna elements housed within a blade. The elements are arranged to create independently steerable directed beams. A first independently steerable beam is used to provide communication. A second independently steerable beam is used to simultaneously search other signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ernest Tadashi Ozaki, Mohammad Ali Tassoudji, Allen Minh-Triet Tran, Ahmad Jalali
  • Patent number: 10044110
    Abstract: Techniques for providing multiple antennas in a wireless device using a compact configuration to achieve good isolation and broad bandwidth. In an aspect, first and second monopole elements that may be separately driven are provided on opposite sides of a grounding strip conductively coupled to a common grounding structure. By capacitively coupling the first and second monopole elements to the common grounding structure, the effective resonator size of each monopole antenna is increased, thus achieving better performance for the antenna structure. Illustrative patterns for the common grounding structure and other antenna elements are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuandan Dong, Guining Shi, Allen Minh-Triet Tran
  • Publication number: 20180123225
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to antenna structures suitable for vehicles, such as aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Allen Minh-Triet TRAN
  • Patent number: 9941600
    Abstract: A low profile conformal high gain multi-beam aircraft antenna includes antenna elements supported by a ground plane to create the low profile conformal high gain multi-beam aircraft antenna. Some of the antenna elements include a feeding waveguide flared in at least one of an h-plane and a v-plane. The antenna elements cooperate to create a gain pattern near a plane of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Allen Minh-Triet Tran, Ernest Tadashi Ozaki, Mohammad Ali Tassoudji, Ahmad Jalali
  • Patent number: 9768495
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a wearable communication apparatus for wireless communication. The wearable communication apparatus includes communication circuitry, a bezel, and a base. The bezel and the base are conductive. The bezel and the base form at least a part of a housing structure supporting the communication circuitry. The base is electrically connected to the bezel. The communication circuitry is electrically connected to the bezel. The bezel is configured to function as a part of a slot antenna. The communication circuitry is configured to send a first communication signal to the bezel such that the bezel transmits the first communication signal over the air. The bezel is further configured to receive, over the air, a second communication signal and direct the second communication signal to the communication circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Randolph Standke, Allen Minh-Triet Tran
  • Patent number: 9742076
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna having an aperture tuner is disclosed. The multi-band antenna may simultaneously transmit a first radio frequency (RF) signal and a second RF signal. The aperture tuner may modify a resonant frequency associated with one or more antenna elements of the multiband antenna in accordance with the first RF signal or the second RF signal. One or more of the antenna elements of the multi-band antenna may be disposed above and/or substantially parallel to other antenna elements. In some exemplary embodiments, an air gap may be formed between one or more antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jatupum Jenwatanavet, Yuandan Dong, Andrew PuayHoe See, Allen Minh-Triet Tran
  • Publication number: 20170237182
    Abstract: An antenna is provided for a satellite in a satellite communication system. The antenna includes an array of radiators each having a dual linear-to-circular polarizer. The array of radiators is aligned in a first plane and configured to generate an elliptical beam having a desired narrow beamwidth in the first plane. Conductive walls provided around an aperture of each radiator in the array of radiators may narrow a wider beamwidth of the elliptical beam in a second plane orthogonal to the first plane to a desired value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventor: Allen Minh-Triet TRAN
  • Publication number: 20170084994
    Abstract: A beam steering antenna is provided in a user terminal for satellite communications. The beam steering antenna includes an antenna feed structure having a plurality of feed elements configured to be switched on or off to form an initial beam, and a focus lens positioned adjacent to the antenna feed structure to form a focused beam. The antenna feed structure may include a plurality of active waveguide feed elements to generate a circularly polarized initial beam. The focus lens may be a spherical lens to form a circularly polarized focused beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Allen Minh-Triet TRAN
  • Publication number: 20170054220
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna having an aperture tuner is disclosed. The multi-band antenna may simultaneously transmit a first radio frequency (RF) signal and a second RF signal. The aperture tuner may modify a resonant frequency associated with one or more antenna elements of the multiband antenna in accordance with the first RF signal or the second RF signal. One or more of the antenna elements of the multi-band antenna may be disposed above and/or substantially parallel to other antenna elements. In some exemplary embodiments, an air gap may be formed between one or more antenna elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jatupum Jenwatanavet, Yuandan Dong, Andrew PuayHoe See, Allen Minh-Triet Tran