Patents by Inventor Apu Sivadas
Apu Sivadas 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).
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Patent number: 11693107Abstract: According to an aspect, a radar system comprising a transmitter operative to transmit a first set of chirps on a single transmit antenna and a second set of chirps on a plurality of transmit antennas, in that, the first set of chirps forming a first part of a chirp frame and the second set of chirps forming a second part of the chirp frame, a first receiver segment operative to generate a first set of parameters from a first set of received chirps that is reflection of the first set of chirps from one or more objects and a second segment operative to generate a second set of parameters from a second set of received chirps that is reflection of the second set of chirps from the one or more objects part of the received chirp frame and the first set of parameters, wherein, first set of parameters and second set of parameters comprise at least one of range doppler and angle of one or more objects.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Inventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Ankit Sharma, Sai Gunaranjan Pelluri, Apu Sivadas
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Publication number: 20230204715Abstract: According to an aspect, a method of determining Doppler in a radar system comprising receiving a set of chirps, sampling in time the set of chirps to generate a set of non-uniform samples with one sample per chirp that is non-uniform in time in each chirp across the set of chirps, generating a first Doppler frequency from the set of non-uniform samples, generating a set of non-aliased Doppler frequencies for the first Doppler frequencies from a corresponding set of hypothesis, determining a first set of angles of arrival for every non-aliased Doppler frequency in the a set of non-aliased Doppler frequencies and selecting a first non-aliased Doppler frequency in the set of non-aliased Doppler frequencies that corresponds to the first angle of arrival with a minimum error in the a set of angles of arrival.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Steradian Semiconductors Private LimitedInventors: Apu Sivadas, Gireesh Rajendran, Sai Gunaranjan Pelluri, Ankit Sharma
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Publication number: 20230152436Abstract: According to an aspect, a method of determining two dimensional (2D) angle of arrival (AoA) in a radar system comprising determining one dimensional (1D) AoA to generate a first set of (AoA), selecting a set of valid 1D AoA angles from the first set AoA, and determining the 2D AoA from the set of valid 1D AoA, Wherein the 1D AoA is determined on a first set of data received over a first uniform linear antenna array arranged in the first axis and the 2D AoA is determined on a second set data received over the first and the second MIMO antenna array arranged in the second axis and the set of valid 1D AoA in the first axis. Wherein the second antenna array need not be orthogonal to the first linear antenna array.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Steradian Semiconductors Private LimitedInventors: Ankit Sharma, Dibakar Sil, Sai Gunaranjan Pelluri, Apu Sivadas, Gireesh Rajendran
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Patent number: 11520004Abstract: According to an aspect, method of enhancing a resolution in a radar system having an antenna aperture comprises measuring a first radiation pattern corresponding to a first set of receiving antennas by feeding a known radio frequency (RF) signal over the first set of receiving antennas, wherein the first set of radiation due to an impairment, coherently combining an interpolated radiation pattern with a received radar signal received by the set of receiving antenna when employed for an object detection, to generate a high signal to noise ratio (SNR) received signal, and iteratively combining the high SNR received signal with the interpolated signal to reduce the error due to the impairment.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventors: Sachin Bharadwaj, Sai Gunaranjan Pelluri, Sumeer Bhatara, Apu Sivadas
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Publication number: 20220099819Abstract: According to an aspect, a radar system comprising a transmitter operative to transmit a first set of chirps on a single transmit antenna and a second set of chirps on a plurality of transmit antennas, in that, the first set of chirps forming a first part of a chirp frame and the second set of chirps forming a second part of the chirp frame, a first receiver segment operative to generate a first set of parameters from a first set of received chirps that is reflection of the first set of chirps from one or more objects and a second segment operative to generate a second set of parameters from a second set of received chirps that is reflection of the second set of chirps from the one or more objects part of the received chirp frame and the first set of parameters, wherein, first set of parameters and second set of parameters comprise at least one of range doppler and angle of one or more objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Steradian Semiconductors Private LimitedInventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Ankit Sharma, Sai Gunaranjan Pelluri, Apu Sivadas
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Patent number: 11092686Abstract: A method in a time switched multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) radar system comprising, receiving (610) from an antenna array a plurality of data points representing a radar signal reflected from plurality of objects, forming (620) a first set of beams from the plurality of data points, wherein the first set of beams are making a first set angles with a normal to the antenna array, detecting a set of objects (410A-L) from the first set of beams, determining (630) a set of Doppler frequencies of the set of objects, computing (650) a self-velocity representing a velocity of the antenna array from the set of Doppler frequencies and the first set of angles, and correcting (660) the plurality of data points using the self-velocity and a second set of angles to generate plurality of corrected data points.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Inventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Apu Sivadas
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Patent number: 11047972Abstract: A multichannel radar system comprising a set of antennas each receiving a sequence of chirps reflected from plurality of objects, a range detector generating a set of range bins for each chirp, a beam former operative to generate a set of dominant frequency components from a group of range bins picked from the set of range bins across the set of antennas, a nearness detector for separating the set of dominant frequencies into a first set of dominant frequencies and a second set of dominant frequencies, a frequency subtractor configured to shift the each dominant frequency in the first set of dominant frequencies by its phase by a first value to form a third set of phase shifted dominant frequencies, and a Doppler estimator estimating a Doppler frequency of the each dominant frequency in the set of dominant frequencies from the third set of phase shifted dominant frequencies and the second set of dominant frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Inventors: Apu Sivadas, Gireesh Rajendran
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Patent number: 11041941Abstract: An object detection system comprises a first object detection unit detecting an object from a first radio frequency (RF) signal data comprising first set of characteristics representing a first object, a second object detection unit detecting the object from an optical image data and a calibration unit calibrating the first RF signal data from the optical image data, in that, the second object detection unit and the first object detection unit are aligned to detect the object in a first region.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Inventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Apu Sivadas
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Publication number: 20210141053Abstract: According to an aspect, method of enhancing a resolution in a radar system having an antenna aperture comprises measuring a first radiation pattern corresponding to a first set of receiving antennas by feeding a known radio frequency (RF) signal over the first set of receiving antennas, wherein the first set of radiation due to an impairment, coherently combining an interpolated radiation pattern with a received radar signal received by the set of receiving antenna when employed for an object detection, to generate a high signal to noise ratio (SNR) received signal, and iteratively combining the high SNR received signal with the interpolated signal to reduce the error due to the impairment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: Steradian Semiconductors Private LimitedInventors: Sachin Bharadwaj, Sai Gunaranjan Pelluri, Sumeer Bhatara, Apu Sivadas
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Patent number: 10784215Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, an electronic system (499) operative on a millimeter signal comprises an integrated circuit (401) comprising a first solder ball (420A) and a second solder ball (420B) respectively coupled to a positive and a negative signal interface points (412 and 413) of a differential millimeter signal on a die (410) housed in the integrated circuit (401), wherein the first and the second solder balls (420A and 420B) are positioned one behind other from an edge of the integrated circuit (401) and a three-path coplanar waveguide (CPW) comprising a center path (495B) and a two adjacent paths (495A and 495C) formed on a printed circuit board (PCB) (490) such that the center path (495B) is coupled to the first solder ball that is in front and the two adjacent paths coupled to the second solder ball that is behind the first solder ball.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Inventors: Apu Sivadas, Alok Prakash Joshi, Gireesh Rajendran
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Publication number: 20200241125Abstract: A multichannel radar system comprising a set of antennas each receiving a sequence of chirps reflected from plurality of objects, a range detector generating a set of range bins for each chirp, a beam former operative to generate a set of dominant frequency components from a group of range bins picked from the set of range bins across the set of antennas, a nearness detector for separating the set of dominant frequencies into a first set of dominant frequencies and a second set of dominant frequencies, a frequency subtractor configured to shift the each dominant frequency in the first set of dominant frequencies by its phase by a first value to form a third set of phase shifted dominant frequencies, and a Doppler estimator estimating a Doppler frequency of the each dominant frequency in the set of dominant frequencies from the third set of phase shifted dominant frequencies and the second set of dominant frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Steradian Semiconductors Private LimitedInventors: Apu Sivadas, Gireesh Rajendran
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Publication number: 20200161257Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, an electronic system (499) operative on a millimeter signal comprises an integrated circuit (401) comprising a first solder ball (420A) and a second solder ball (420B) respectively coupled to a positive and a negative signal interface points (412 and 413) of a differential millimeter signal on a die (410) housed in the integrated circuit (401), wherein the first and the second solder balls (420A and 420B) are positioned one behind other from an edge of the integrated circuit (401) and a three-path coplanar waveguide (CPW) comprising a center path (495B) and a two adjacent paths (495A and 495C) formed on a printed circuit board (PCB) (490) such that the center path (495B) is coupled to the first solder ball that is in front and the two adjacent paths coupled to the second solder ball that is behind the first solder ball.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Steradian Semiconductors Private LimitedInventors: Apu Sivadas, Alok Prakash Joshi, Gireesh Rajendran
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Publication number: 20200088867Abstract: A method in a time switched multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) radar system comprising, receiving (610) from an antenna array a plurality of data points representing a radar signal reflected from plurality of objects, forming (620) a first set of beams from the plurality of data points, wherein the first set of beams are making a first set angles with a normal to the antenna array, detecting a set of objects (410A-L) from the first set of beams, determining (630) a set of Doppler frequencies of the set of objects, computing (650) a self-velocity representing a velocity of the antenna array from the set of Doppler frequencies and the first set of angles, and correcting (660) the plurality of data points using the self-velocity and a second set of angles to generate plurality of corrected data points.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Steradian Semiconductors Private LimitedInventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Apu Sivadas
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Publication number: 20190265330Abstract: An object detection system comprises a first object detection unit detecting an object from a first radio frequency (RF) signal data comprising first set of characteristics representing a first object, a second object detection unit detecting the object from an optical image data and a calibration unit calibrating the first RF signal data from the optical image data, in that, the second object detection unit and the first object detection unit are aligned to detect the object in a first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Steradian Semiconductors Private LimitedInventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Apu Sivadas
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Patent number: 10281575Abstract: In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a Radar transceiver for object detection comprises a two dimensional antenna array receiving plurality of a reflected radio frequency (RF) signals, a mux-adder selectively adding the reflected RF signals in first mode and selectively multiplexing the reflected RF signals in a second mode, a range bin detector determining a valid range bins in the first mode and a three dimensional (3D) image reconstructor operating on the valid range bins to reconstruct a 3D image of the object in the second mode. In that the two dimensional antenna array comprises antenna elements arranged in K rows and M columns, and the mux-adder adds a RF signal received on the M columns of each row in the first mode. The mux-adder multiplexes the RF signal received on the M columns of each row in the second mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Steradian Semiconductors Private LimitedInventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Apu Sivadas
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Publication number: 20180088229Abstract: In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a Radar transceiver for object detection comprises a two dimensional antenna array receiving plurality of a reflected radio frequency (RF) signals, a mux-adder selectively adding the reflected RF signals in first mode and selectively multiplexing the reflected RF signals in a second mode, a range bin detector determining a valid range bins in the first mode and a three dimensional (3D) image reconstructor operating on the valid range bins to reconstruct a 3D image of the object in the second mode. In that the two dimensional antenna array comprises antenna elements arranged in K rows and M columns, and the mux-adder adds a RF signal received on the M columns of each row in the first mode. The mux-adder multiplexes the RF signal received on the M columns of each row in the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Apu Sivadas
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Patent number: 9893702Abstract: A notch filter including an inductor-capacitor tuning circuit is disclosed. The inductor-capacitor tuning circuit may determine a frequency response of the notch filter in accordance with an associated resonant frequency. In some exemplary embodiments, the inductor-capacitor circuit may include a differential inductor divided at a symmetry point and a variable capacitor coupled to the differential inductor at the symmetry point.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Alok Prakash Joshi, Apu Sivadas
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Publication number: 20170033757Abstract: A notch filter including an inductor-capacitor tuning circuit is disclosed. The inductor-capacitor tuning circuit may determine a frequency response of the notch filter in accordance with an associated resonant frequency. In some exemplary embodiments, the inductor-capacitor circuit may include a differential inductor divided at a symmetry point and a variable capacitor coupled to the differential inductor at the symmetry point.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Alok Prakash Joshi, Apu Sivadas
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Patent number: 9450546Abstract: According to an aspect of present disclosure, a set of power amplifiers are used to amplify power of a signal for transmission. The signal powers from a set of power amplifiers are coupled to set of primary windings which are commonly coupled to a secondary winding such that the powers on the primary windings are additive in the secondary winding. A current path on the primary side is provided for flow of a current that is induced on at least one primary winding when a power amplifier coupled to that primary winding is in “off” state. As a result, the induced current is prevented from flowing in to the power amplifier that are in “on” state. Further, the current path isolates the power amplifiers from each other thereby enabling the power amplifiers to operate at the rated efficiency. In one embodiment, the current path is provided using a resistor network.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Apu Sivadas, Alok Joshi, Krishnaswamy Thiagarajan, Rakesh Kumar
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Publication number: 20160126895Abstract: An I converter outputs I sign data and I magnitude data based on received I data. A Q converter outputs Q sign data and Q magnitude data based on received Q data. An I clock generates an I phase based ort the I sign data. A Q clock generates a Q phase based on the Q sign data. An I modulator generates an I magnitude pulse stream based on the I magnitude data. A Q modulator generates a Q magnitude pulse stream based on the Q magnitude data. A digital logic component generates an output signal based on the I phase, the I magnitude pulse stream, the Q phase and the Q magnitude pulse stream. A power amplifier generates an amplified signal based on the output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Rakesh Kumar, Alok Prakask Joshi, Subhashish Mukherjee, Krishnaswamy Thiagarajan, Apu Sivadas