Patents by Inventor Hooman Darabi

Hooman Darabi 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: 20170207803
    Abstract: A device includes circuitry configured to detect one or more properties of an image signal based on outputs from one or more (analog-to-digital converter) ADC configurations of a transceiver, determine a VCO frequency corresponding to an ADC sampling frequency independently from a carrier frequency, and control the VCO frequency of at least one of a transmitter or receiver based on the one or more properties of the image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GERNERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: David C. GARRETT, Franciscus Van Der Goes, Hooman Darabi, Ramon A. Gomez
  • Publication number: 20170207800
    Abstract: A device includes circuitry configured to implement one or more PHY communications protocols to simultaneously communicate with one or more stations via communication links on one or more wireless networks, communicate with additional devices via a backhaul network, and exchange collaboration data, including at least one of protocol data or collaborative beamforming data, with the additional devices via the backhaul network to maintain signal parameters of communications signals with the one or more stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: David C. GARRETT, Franciscus VAN DER GOES, Hooman DARABI, Ramon A. GOMEZ, Murat MESE
  • Publication number: 20170207935
    Abstract: A device includes circuitry configured to determine noise shaping parameters for one or more transmit signals on one or more transmit channels based on transmission protocol and spectral mask criteria. Frequency positions are identified for the one or more transmit channels based on the noise shaping parameters, and the noise shaping parameters are applied to the one or more transmit signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: David C. GARRETT, Franciscus Van Der Goes, Hooman Darabi, Ramon A. Gomez, Murat Mese
  • Patent number: 9712348
    Abstract: A device includes circuitry configured to determine noise shaping parameters for one or more transmit signals on one or more transmit channels based on transmission protocol and spectral mask criteria. Frequency positions are identified for the one or more transmit channels based on the noise shaping parameters, and the noise shaping parameters are applied to the one or more transmit signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: David C. Garrett, Franciscus Van Der Goes, Hooman Darabi, Ramon A. Gomez, Murat Mese
  • Patent number: 9712258
    Abstract: A circuit for a low-loss duplexer with noise cancellation in a receive (RX) path of a transceiver includes a duplexer, a balancing network, and a noise cancellation circuit. The duplexer circuit is coupled to an antenna of the transceiver. The balancing network is coupled to the duplexer and provides an impedance matching an impedance associated with the antenna. The noise cancellation circuit senses a noise signal generated by the balancing network and uses the sensed noise signal to improve a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the RX path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Mohyee Mikhemar, Hooman Darabi
  • Publication number: 20170149412
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a compact low-power receiver comprises first and second analog circuits connected by a digitally controlled interface circuit. The first analog circuit has a first direct-current (DC) offset and a first common mode voltage at an output, and the second analog circuit has a second DC offset and a second common mode voltage at an input. The digitally controlled interface circuit connects the output to the input, and is configured to match the first and second DC offsets and to match the first and second common mode voltages. In one embodiment, the first analog circuit is a variable gain control transimpedance amplifier (TIA) implemented using a current mode buffer, the second analog circuit is a second-order adjustable low-pass filter, whereby a three-pole adjustable low-pass filter in the compact low-power receiver is effectively produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mohyee MIKHEMAR, Amir HADJl-ABDOLHAMID, Hooman DARABI
  • Patent number: 9660670
    Abstract: A device includes circuitry configured to assess a broadband spectrum environment including signal and blocker characteristics via one or more receiver paths, determine operational parameters for the device based on the signal and blocker characteristics, and align one or more radio components from one or more radios for operation based on the operational parameters of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: David C. Garrett, Franciscus Van Der Goes, Hooman Darabi, Ramon A. Gomez
  • Patent number: 9629093
    Abstract: A programmable transmitter circuit may be coupled to a controller circuit. The controller circuit may be configured to generate control signals based at least on a signal. The transmitter circuit may include a plurality of unit cells. Each unit cell may include a respective first current source and a respective second current source. Each unit cell may be configured to be set in an activated state or a deactivated state based at least on the control signals. For a unit cell of the plurality of unit cells, when the unit cell is set in the activated state, the respective first current source or the respective second current source may be configured to generate a current to be applied to a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Hooman Darabi, Masoud Kahrizi, Behnam Mohammadi
  • Publication number: 20170099068
    Abstract: Recently proposed noise-cancelling receivers report a best case trade-off between noise figure and linearity for a matched wideband receiver. These receivers are further improved using a passive front-end gain. The front-end gain reduces the power requirements of the radio frequency transconductance stage, and potentially other stages where, e.g., smaller mixer switches may be employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: David Murphy, Hao Wu, Hooman Darabi
  • Patent number: 9595985
    Abstract: Recently proposed noise-cancelling receivers report a best case trade-off between noise figure and linearity for a matched wideband receiver. These receivers are further improved using a passive front-end gain. The front-end gain reduces the power requirements of the radio frequency transconductance stage, and potentially other stages where, e.g., smaller mixer switches may be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Murphy, Hao Wu, Hooman Darabi
  • Patent number: 9577685
    Abstract: A system includes baseband circuitry and a transmitter. The electrical behavior of the transmitter may cause distortion effects in the transmit output of the transmitter during transmissions based on input signals from the baseband circuitry. The baseband circuitry may reference a calibration evaluation function for multiple transmit variables to pre-distort the input signal to compensate for the distortion effect. Pre-distortion calibration logic may generate the evaluation function using a one-dimensional calibration technique. The evaluation function may facilitate the baseband accessing calibration data without necessarily relying on a look-up table. In some cases, a one-dimensional calibration for multiple transmit variables may use fewer calibration points than a similarly accurate multi-dimensional calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Hooman Darabi, Masoud Kahrizi
  • Patent number: 9569003
    Abstract: A portable computing device includes a three-dimensional (3D) touch screen and a core module. The 3D touch screen includes a two-dimensional (2D) touch screen section and a plurality of radio frequency (RF) radar modules. The core module is operable to determine whether the 3D touch screen is in a 3D mode or a 2D mode. When the 3D touch screen is in the 3D mode, the core module is further operable to receive one or more radar signals via one or more of the plurality of RF radar modules and interpret the one or more radar signals to produce a 3D input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran, Brima B. Ibrahim, Hooman Darabi
  • Publication number: 20170033743
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for performing the outphasing technique without using a combiner at the output of two power amplifiers to reduce loss and distortions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Alex Ahmad MIRZAEI, Hooman DARABI
  • Publication number: 20160381632
    Abstract: A programmable transmitter circuit may be coupled to a controller circuit. The controller circuit may be configured to generate control signals based at least on a signal. The transmitter circuit may include a plurality of unit cells. Each unit cell may include a respective first current source and a respective second current source. Each unit cell may be configured to be set in an activated state or a deactivated state based at least on the control signals. For a unit cell of the plurality of unit cells, when the unit cell is set in the activated state, the respective first current source or the respective second current source may be configured to generate a current to be applied to a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Alex Ahmad MIRZAEI, Hooman Darabi, Masoud Kahrizi, Behnam Mohammadi
  • Publication number: 20160373058
    Abstract: A circuit for an oscillator with common-mode resonance includes a first oscillator circuit and a second oscillator circuit coupled to the first oscillator circuit. Each of the first oscillator circuit or the second oscillator circuit includes a tank circuit, a cross-coupled transistor pair, and one or more capacitors. The tank circuit is formed by coupling a first inductor with a pair of first capacitors. The cross-coupled transistor pair is coupled to the tank circuit, and one or more second capacitors are coupled to the tank circuit and the cross-coupled transistor pair. Each of the first oscillator circuit or the second oscillator circuit allows tuning of a respective common mode (CM) resonance frequency (Fcm) to be at twice a respective differential resonance frequency (FD). DM——ITS 62683970-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: David Patrick MURPHY, Hooman Darabi
  • Patent number: 9525447
    Abstract: Because of associated disadvantages of narrow-band off-chip radio-frequency (RF) filtering, a mixer-first receiver front-end designed to tolerate blockers with reduced gain compression and noise factor degradation is disclosed. The mixer-first receiver front-end includes two separate down-conversion paths that help to reduce added noise and voltage gain prior to baseband filtering, which are critical factors in eliminating narrow-band off-chip RF filtering. The mixer-first receiver front-end can be used to support down-conversion of multiple different communication signals (e.g., cellular, WLAN, and WPAN communication) with different center frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Hao Wu, Hooman Darabi
  • Publication number: 20160352386
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and method for cancelling self-interference caused by full-duplex communication. In a full-duplex communication device, the receiver will generally experience significant self-interference from the full-duplex communication device's own transmitter transmitting a strong outbound signal over the same channel that the receiver is to receive a weak inbound signal. The apparatus and method are configured to adjust a phase and gain of the outbound signal provided at the output of a power amplifier (PA) and inject the phase and gain adjusted outbound signal at the input of a low-noise amplifier (LNA) to cancel the interference from the outbound signal in the inbound signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Alex MIRZAEI, Hooman Darabi
  • Publication number: 20160294422
    Abstract: A system includes a first filter circuitry and one or more second filter circuitry. The first filter circuitry can operate at a frequency of a wireless signal to filter the wireless signal to attenuate undesired feedthrough components and pass through a desired component. The system can also include a multi-phase mixer to convert the frequency of the wireless signal to a lower frequency and divide the wireless signal into at least four phase shifted baseband signal components. The second filter circuitry can operate at the lower frequency to filter the phase shifted baseband signal components to attenuate undesired feedthrough components and pass through a desired component. The system can also include a matrix to combine the baseband signal components to form an output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Hooman Darabi
  • Patent number: 9461680
    Abstract: A system includes a first filter circuitry and one or more second filter circuitry. The first filter circuitry can operate at a frequency of a wireless signal to filter the wireless signal to attenuate undesired feedthrough components and pass through a desired component. The system can also include a multi-phase mixer to convert the frequency of the wireless signal to a lower frequency and divide the wireless signal into at least four phase shifted baseband signal components. The second filter circuitry can operate at the lower frequency to filter the phase shifted baseband signal components to attenuate undesired feedthrough components and pass through a desired component. The system can also include a matrix to combine the baseband signal components to form an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Hooman Darabi
  • Patent number: 9306542
    Abstract: An RF front-end with on-chip transmitter/receiver isolation using a gyrator is presented herein. The RF front end is configured to support full-duplex communication and includes a gyrator and a transformer. The gyrator includes two transistors that are configured to isolate the input of a low-noise amplifier (LNA) from the output of a power amplifier (PA). The gyrator is further configured to isolate the output of the PA from the input of the LNA. The gyrator is at least partially or fully capable of being integrated on silicon-based substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mohyee Mikhemar, Hooman Darabi