Diplex Patents (Class 370/297)
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Patent number: 8576898Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling transmission of signals are described. A camera-side modem is configured to receive two signals from a video camera and to extract a received passband signal from a transmission line. A detector in the camera-side modem generates an enable signal when the received passband signal is identified. The enable signal is used to control transmission of at least one of the baseband video signal and the passband video signal. The passband signal may be identified by an estimate of mean square error in a quadrature amplitude demodulator, a measurement of reliability provided by a constellation detector, a measurement of reliability based on a sequence of frame synchronizations and/or an estimate of mean square error in an equalizer. The detector may monitor a gain factor in an automatic gain control module of the camera-side modem and/or a magnitude of the received passband signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Techwell, Inc.Inventors: Khanh Lam, Mark Fimoff, Greg Tomezak, Dennis Mutzabaugh
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Patent number: 8570920Abstract: Systems and methods for combining signals from multiple active wireless receivers are discussed herein. An exemplary system comprises a first downconverter, a phase comparator, a phase adjuster, and a second downconverter. The first downconverter may be configured to downconvert a received signal from a first antenna to an intermediate frequency to create an intermediate frequency signal. The phase comparator may be configured to mix the received signal and a downconverted signal to create a mixed signal, compare a phase of the mixed signal to a predetermined phase, and generate a phase control signal based on the comparison, the downconverted signal being associated with the received signal from the first antenna. The phase adjuster may be configured to alter the phase of the intermediate frequency signal based on the phase control signal. The second downconverter may be configured to downconvert the phase-shifted intermediate frequency signal to create an output signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Aviat U.S., Inc.Inventor: Ying Shen
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Patent number: 8565152Abstract: A dual mode terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a first antenna and a second antenna. In particular, a signal received via the second antenna includes a signal generated from multiplexing an LTE downlink signal, a CDMA DCN (data core network) downlink signal and a CDMA PCS (personal communication services) downlink signal. And, the present invention is characterized in including a triplexer for demultiplexing of the downlink signals. Accordingly, a dual mode terminal of the present invention is able to receive an LTE signal without a data rate fall in the course of measuring a quality of a CDMA signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Muryong Kim, Jae Hyuk Jang, Chihun Lee, Yong-Sang Cho, Won yong Yoon, Kwangil Kim
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Publication number: 20130258916Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a body, an antenna, a first baseband microchip, a second baseband microchip, and a diplexer. The antenna is telescopically assembled to the body to receive a first wireless signal and a second wireless signal. The diplexer is electronically connected to the antenna, the first baseband microchip, and the second baseband microchip. When the antenna is in a retracted state, the antenna receives the first wireless signal, and the diplexer transmits the first wireless signal to the first baseband microchip. When the antenna is in an extended state, the antenna receives the second wireless signal, and the diplexer transmits the second wireless signal to the second baseband microchip.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicants: CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC., SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: HANG DONG
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Patent number: 8537912Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus that includes a plurality of parallel digital signal transmitters that each receive one of a plurality of digital sub-signals wherein each of the plurality of digital signal transmitters is configured to transmit one of the plurality of digital sub-signals that each have about the same bandwidth. The apparatus also includes a combiner coupled to the transmitters and configured to shift some of the plurality of digital sub-signals and to combine the plurality of shifted digital sub-signals into a combined digital signal that has a total bandwidth of that is approximately equal to the sum of the bandwidths of the plurality of digital sub-signals. The total bandwidth comprises a plurality of shifted bandwidths of the plurality of digital sub-signals at about the same offset with respect to each other. The combined digital signal is transmitted over a digital subscriber loop.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Guozhu Long, Amir H. Fazlollahi, Liming Fang, Yuchen Jia
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Publication number: 20130215808Abstract: Antenna switching circuitry comprises a plurality of communication ports, an antenna port, a plurality of switches, and an ESD protection device. The plurality of switches are adapted to selectively couple one or more of the communication ports to the antenna port in order to transmit or receive a signal. The ESD protection device is coupled between one of the plurality of communication ports and ground, and is adapted to form a substantially low impedance path to ground during an ESD event. Upon the occurrence of an ESD event, a received electrostatic charge passes through one or more of the plurality of switches to the ESD protection device, where it is safely diverted to ground. By using only one ESD protection device, desensitization of the antenna switching circuitry due to the parasitic loading of the ESD protection device is avoided. Further, the area of the antenna switching circuitry is minimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: RF Micro Devices, Inc.Inventor: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
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Patent number: 8514920Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for pseudo asynchronous testing of receive paths in serializer/deserializer (SerDes) devices. A SerDes device is tested by applying a source of serial data to a receive path of the SerDes device during a test mode. The receive path substantially aligns to incoming data using a bit clock. A phase is adjusted during the test mode of the bit clock relative to the source of serial data to evaluate the SerDes device. The source of serial data may be, for example, a reference clock used by a phase locked loop to generate the bit clock. The phase of the bit clock can be directly controlled during the test mode, for example, by a test phase control signal, such as a plurality of interpolation codes that are applied to an interpolator that alters a phase of the bit clock.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: LSI CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Abel, Parag Parikh, Vladimir Sindalovsky
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Patent number: 8503515Abstract: An integrated circuit chip implements a high-speed switch that includes: a switch fabric; control logic that controls the transmission of digital signals through the switch fabric; a transceiver block comprising one or more transceivers, each transmitting digital signals between the control logic and a corresponding external device; a data converter physical interface comprising one or more data converters, each performing a conversion between analog and digital signals, wherein digital signals associated with the one or more data converters are routed through the switch fabric; and a signal processing engine coupled to the control logic, wherein the signal processing engine performs on-chip processing of digital signals received from the transceiver block and the data converter physical interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Integrated Device Technology Inc.Inventor: Kiomars Anvari
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Patent number: 8503517Abstract: A system is provided for transmitting information through a speech codec (in-band) such as found in a wireless communication network. A modulator transforms the data into a spectrally noise-like signal based on the mapping of a shaped pulse to predetermined positions within a modulation frame, and the signal is efficiently encoded by a speech codec. A synchronization sequence provides modulation frame timing at the receiver and is detected based on analysis of a correlation peak pattern. A request/response protocol provides reliable transfer of data using message redundancy, retransmission, and/or robust modulation modes dependent on the communication channel conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Pengjun Huang, Christian Pietsch, Christian Sgraja, Georg Frank, Christoph A. Joetten, Marc W. Werner, Wolfgang Granzow
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Patent number: 8503514Abstract: A high-speed switch that includes a switch fabric, and both high-speed serial ports and data converter physical ports. A first set of data converter physical ports may perform analog-to-digital conversions, such that an external analog signal may be converted to a digital input signal on the switch. The converted digital input signal may then be routed through the switch fabric in accordance with a serial data protocol. A second set of data converter physical ports may perform digital-to-analog conversions, such that an internal digital signal received from the switch fabric may be converted to an analog output signal on the switch. The converted analog output signal may then be transmitted to an external destination in accordance with a serial data protocol.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Integrated Device Technology Inc.Inventor: Kiomars Anvari
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Patent number: 8483103Abstract: A method for determining a data transmission offset includes: synchronizing a first time division duplex TDD system with a second TDD system (a500); determining a transmission timing advance of a user terminal according to a deviation between random access time and desired time of the user equipment during establishing the uplink synchronization of the second TDD system (a501); determining an offset of a time slot of the second TDD system according to a time difference between the time slots of the first TDD system and the second TDD system (a502); and obtaining a data transmission offset of the time slot by adding the determined offset of the time slot to the determined transmission timing advance (a503). A system and a base station for determining a data transmission offset are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications TechnologyInventors: Shiqiang Suo, Xueming Pan, Yingmin Wang, Shaohui Sun, Yongbin Xie
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Publication number: 20130163488Abstract: Disclosed is a radio-frequency front-end apparatus that can be used in wireless communication systems performing transmission/reception by using a single antenna. The radio-frequency transceiving front-end apparatus using passive elements in a wireless communication system includes: a transmitting unit's hybrid coupler configured to divide and output a transmission signal into two outputs having a phase difference of 90°; a first circulator configured to receive a first output of the hybrid coupler through a first terminal thereof and output the received first output through a second terminal thereof; a second circulator configured to receive a second output of the hybrid coupler through a first terminal thereof and output the received second output through a second terminal thereof; and an output unit's hybrid coupler configured to receive transmission signals from the second terminal of the first circulator and the second terminal of the second circulator, and combine and output the received signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Heon Kook Kwon, Myung Don Kim, Jae Joon Park, Hyun Kyu Chung
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Patent number: 8457244Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna and radio arrangement comprising at least a first antenna and a second antenna, each having a first antenna port and a second antenna port, the arrangement further comprising at least four first transmitting means, where the first antenna's first antenna port is connected to a first transmitting means, the first antenna's second antenna port is connected to a second transmitting means, the second antenna's first antenna port is connected to a third transmitting means, and the second antenna's second antenna port is connected to a fourth transmitting means. At least two transmitting means transmit signals to the corresponding antenna ports, said signals being modulated by the same stream of digital signals and having the same radio carrier frequency, thus accomplishing a spatial combining of the output signals. The present invention also relates to a corresponding method.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventor: Stefan Johansson
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Patent number: 8446935Abstract: A method and system for fractionally converting sample rates. Fractional rate conversion for a transmit path of a transceiver is achieved by upsampling an input signal having a first sample rate by a first integer factor, removing aliasing resulting from the upconversion process, and then downsampling the intermediate signal by a second integer factor to provide a final signal having a second sample rate. The first factor and the second factor are selected to obtain a desired output sample rate that is a fraction of the sample rate of the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Icera, Inc.Inventor: Hamid Safiri
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Publication number: 20130091532Abstract: A wireless distribution secured cabling system includes faceplates, each of which contains an antenna or other radiating element and an active amplifier, which serves as a bi-directional repeater for the wireless communication system. The system further includes a patch panel or distribution module which connects multiple cables, which may be either twisted pair or coaxial, to amplifier, acting as a power divider and/or an impedance matching device. An antenna, which may be mounted either outside of a building structure or inside the building structure, provides communications between the structured cabling system and a service provider base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATIONInventor: OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION
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Patent number: 8416772Abstract: A link control card for disk drives. The link control card includes: a first connector for carrying relatively high frequency user data and low frequency signals; a diplexer connected to the connector, such diplexer having a first port for the high frequency user data and a second port for the low frequency signals; an optical connector for carrying the relatively high frequency user data; and a high frequency user data communication channel disposed between the diplexer and the disk drives for selectively connected either the first port of the diplexer or the optical connector to the disk drives.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: EMC CorporationInventor: Jason Pritchard
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Publication number: 20130077544Abstract: Embodiments provide an area, cost, and power efficient multi-service transceiver architecture. The multi-service transceiver architecture simplifies receiver/transmitter front ends needed for a multi-service architecture, by replacing significant portions of multiple receiver and/or transmitter front ends with a single ADC and/or DAC, respectively. In embodiments, a plurality of received service contents are combined into one composite analog/RF signal and applied to an ADC. The ADC converts the composite signal into a composite multi-service digital signal. Digital techniques are then used to separate the plurality of service contents into a plurality of respective digital streams that each can be independently demodulated. Similarly, in the transmit direction, a plurality of digital streams, including a plurality of service contents, are combined into one composite digital signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Ray (Ramon) GOMEZ, Len Dauphinee
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Publication number: 20130064149Abstract: The present invention discloses a wireless communication device including a slot antenna, a radio-frequency (RF) signal processing module for processing an RF signal transmitted or received by the slot antenna, and an RF signal diplexer coupled between the slot antenna and the RF signal processing module for splitting up the RF signal into a first frequency component and a second frequency component during transmission, and synthesizing the RF signal corresponding to the first frequency component and the second frequency component during reception.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Hsiao-Ting Huang
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Patent number: 8396102Abstract: Provided is a transmitter and a receiver for a high-throughput wireless communication system. The transmitter includes a baseband transmitter, a DIF transmitter, and a RF transmitter. The baseband transmitter performs a MAC protocol process on transmission signals and reception signals and processes the transmission signals by dividing an entire transmission band into n bands in a physical layer process of the transmission data, where n is a natural number. The DIF transmitter combines transmission signals of each band from the baseband transmitter and outputs m channel signals corresponding to a number of transmission antennas, where m is a natural number. The RF transmitter modulates each of the channel signals transferred from the DIF transmitter and transmits the modulated signals through m antennas.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Minho Cheong, Yu-Ro Lee, Jong-Ee Oh, Sok-Kyu Lee
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Patent number: 8379549Abstract: In a method and device for the transmission of a multiplicity of signals having different frequencies between a base station and a module situated at a location remote from the base station via a single, common cable connection, some of the signals being transmitted from the electronic assembly to the module and, in general simultaneously, the remaining signals are transmitted in the opposite direction. Each of the base station and the module has bandpass filter bank therein having a multiplicity of bandpass filters, the number thereof being a function of the number of channels to be transmitted, with which the respectively received signals are spectrally separated from one another so that they are available for further signal processing in the base station, or for further use in the module.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ralph Oppelt, Markus Vester
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Patent number: 8379548Abstract: A wireless device that simultaneously transmits first wireless signals according to a first protocol and second wireless signals according to a second protocol. The wireless device may comprise an antenna, first wireless protocol circuitry, second wireless protocol circuitry, a switch, and at least one gain element. The first wireless protocol circuitry sends first signals according to the first wireless protocol. The second wireless protocol circuitry sends second signals according to the second wireless protocol. The switch comprises a combiner. The switch receives the first signals and the second signals, combines the first signals and the second signals to produce third signals having aspects of the first signals and the second signals, and sends the third signals to a gain element. The gain element amplifies the third signals and sends the amplified third signals to the antenna. The antenna wirelessly transmits the amplified third signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Paul J. Husted
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Publication number: 20130039227Abstract: A multi-band user equipment (UE) is configured to operate in a single frequency band mode or a multiple frequency band mode. When operating in a single frequency band mode, the UE activates a bypass switch to route uplink signals of a first band around a multiplexer and reduce the insertion loss for the band.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Tingfang Ji, Heechoon Lee, Valentin A. Gheorghiu
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Publication number: 20130028147Abstract: A method, transceiver integrated circuit (IC), and communications device that employs a PIN Diode switch in connection with a transceiver integrated circuit in order to provide a highly linear path for simultaneously transmitted signals in a multi-band wireless communications device. A high linearity switch (HLS) utility/controller configures the PIN diode switch for switching between dual and single transmission modes. In the dual transmission mode, both a series PIN diode and a shunt PIN diode of the switch are biased to an on-state. A first transceiver generates and simultaneously transmits different transmission signals occupying different frequency bands to at least one antenna by utilizing a highly linear circuit path that includes the series PIN diode. In single transmission mode, both diodes are biased to an off-state which allows a second transceiver to transmit a single transmission signal to at least one antenna via a switch path with a low insertion loss impact.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.Inventor: Gregory R. Black
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Publication number: 20130021955Abstract: A mobile wireless communication device includes a circulators coupled between a respective communications arrangement and their antennas. Each circulator includes a coupled tuning network, wherein the tuning networks are operable to tune their circulators for maximum isolation from cross coupling between the power amplifiers within an operating frequency band of the respective communications arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Inventors: Mark W. Duron, Richard T. Knadle
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Publication number: 20130016633Abstract: An electronic device has wireless communications circuitry that includes transmitters and receivers. Antenna structures may be coupled to the transmitters and receivers to support radio-frequency signal transmission and radio-frequency signal reception operations. Switching circuitry such may be used to support multiple communications bands of interest. One or more low band receivers may be associated with the first switch and one or more high band receivers may be associated with the second switch. The switches can be configured in real time to switch a desired communications band into use. A diplexer may be used to simultaneously pass low bands to the first receiver and high bands to the second receiver. In this way, a data stream in the low band may be simultaneously received with a data stream in the high band.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: Nicholas W. Lum, Ronald W. Dimpflmaier, Louie J. Sanguinetti
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Publication number: 20130016632Abstract: A wireless electronic device having first and second baseband processors is provided. In one suitable arrangement, radio-frequency power splitters and adjustable low noise amplifiers may be form in the receive paths. The use of power splitters allow signals associated with the first and second baseband processors to be received in parallel. In another suitable arrangement, radio-frequency switches are used in place of the power splitters. The states of the switches may be controlled using at least one of the first and second baseband processors. The use of switches instead of power splitters requires that wake periods associated with the first baseband processor and wake periods associated with the second baseband processor are non-overlapping. To ensure minimal wake period collision, a wake period associated with the second baseband processor may be positioned at a midpoint between two successive wake periods associated with the first baseband processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: Syed A. Mujtaba, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Karthik Anantharaman, Weiping Dou, Isabel G. Mahe
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Patent number: 8340211Abstract: A subscriber station is capable of encoding a bandwidth request message. The subscriber station includes a controller and a transmitter coupled to the controller. The transmitter includes a linear channel encoder and a Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation block. The channel encoder uses a generator matrix comprising alphabets from Galois field (GF) (2). Each column of the generator matrix belongs to a twelve dimensional subspace and wherein the code generated using the generator matrix has a minimum hamming distance no greater than thirty.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kaushik Josiam, Zhouyue Pi, Jianzhong Zhang
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Patent number: 8331430Abstract: A system includes at least one adaptive filter coupled to a first communication channel and at least one other communications channel. The at least one adaptive filter includes at least one set of adaptive filter coefficients. A memory stores at least one predetermined set of filter coefficient thresholds. The filter coefficient thresholds may be indicative of channel faults, channel to channel faults or a length of the channel. A controller is configured to compare the set of filter coefficients to the predetermined set of filter coefficient thresholds. The controller is configured to determine the information about the channels based on compare results.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2006Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Peiqing Wang, Minshine Shih, Bruce H. Conway
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Patent number: 8331478Abstract: A system is provided for transmitting a low code rate spatially multiplexed channel on multiple antennas. The system includes a transmitter and a processor. The processor is configured such that the processor encodes a block of information bits to form channel coded bits, wherein the ratio of the number of channel coded bits to the number of information bits is greater than one; and the processor maps the channel coded bits to modulation symbols, and each channel coded bit is mapped once to a modulation symbol. The transmitter is configured to transmit a first portion of the modulation symbols using a spreading sequence on a first antenna of the multiple antennas and to transmit a second portion of the modulation symbols using the spreading sequence on a second antenna of the multiple antennas.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Robert Mark Harrison, Hua Xu, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Zhijun Cai
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Patent number: 8331509Abstract: A method and a device for cancelling transmitter interference in a transceiver, and a transceiver are provided. The method includes: coupling a part of radio frequency signals output from a transmitter, performing amplification, frequency conversion, analog-digital conversion, and digital filtration on the coupled signal by an interference receiver, and outputting a digital signal; performing adaptive equalization on the digital signal output from the interference receiver, and delaying predetermined time of the digital signal output from a receiver, and subtracting the equalized digital signal from the delayed digital signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wei Wang, Tao Pu, Jiefeng Deng, Siqing Ye
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Patent number: 8325857Abstract: The present invention employs hierarchical modulation to simultaneously transmit information on different modulation layers using a carrier RF signal. Initially, first data to be transmitted is assigned to a first modulation layer and second data is assigned to a second modulation layer. In one embodiment of the present invention, the first and second data are assigned based on reliability criteria. The first and second modulation layers are hierarchical modulation layers of the carrier RF signal. Once assigned, the first data is transmitted using the first modulation layer of the carrier RF signal and the second data is transmitted using the second modulation layer of the carrier RF signal. In one embodiment of the present invention, information may be transmitted to one end user using one modulation layer, and information may be transmitted to a different end user using a different modulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ming Jia, Jianglei Ma, Peiying Zhu, Wen Tong, Curt Dodd
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Publication number: 20120300682Abstract: An antenna system connected to a radio in a Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) arrangement and configured to communicate in an area of coverage. The antenna system includes a plurality of antenna elements. The plurality of antenna elements further includes a first plurality of antenna elements configured to communicate on a first frequency band and a second plurality of antenna elements configured to communicate on a second frequency band. A plurality of MIMO-configured radio ports on the radio communicates radio signals to and from the antenna elements. A beam-forming network is connected to at least two of the first plurality of antenna elements and to at least two radio ports. The beam-forming network is configured to form space diversity beams in the area of coverage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Xirrus, Inc.Inventor: Abraham Hartenstein
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Patent number: 8305941Abstract: A system for combining a plurality of signals in a wireless communication device employs a plurality of base station duplexers each coupled to a corresponding base station from a plurality of collocated base stations, each base station capable of receiving and transmitting signals in accordance with a corresponding transmission protocol. Each duplexer includes a transmit and receive paths for allowing signals to be transmitted from the base station and further allowing signals to be received by the base station. Isolators are each coupled to a corresponding one of the transmit path of each of the duplexers. Bandpass filters are each coupled to an output port of a corresponding one of the isolator and a combiner receives signals provided by each one of the band pass filters. An antenna duplexer is coupled to an output port of the combiner via a transmit path, where the duplexer provides a combined signal of the collocated base stations to an antenna.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Inventors: Allen S. Cohen, Dennis Nathan, Victor Lander
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Publication number: 20120275350Abstract: A wireless device configured for simultaneous voice and data communications is described. The wireless device includes a voice and data transceiver. The voice and data transceiver includes data path circuitry, voice path circuitry, a first multiplexer and a second multiplexer. The first multiplexer sends a primary data receive signal to the data path circuitry and receives a data transmit signal from the data path circuitry. The second multiplexer sends a diversity data receive signal to the data path circuitry, sends a voice receive signal to the voice path circuitry and receives a voice transmit signal from the voice path circuitry. The wireless device also includes a first antenna coupled to the first multiplexer. The wireless device further includes a second antenna coupled to the second multiplexer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Sai C. Kwok
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Patent number: 8300711Abstract: An adaptive differential pulse-code modulation-demodulation system and method thereof is provided. The method includes steps of modulating an analog audio input signal into a data packet, including a plurality of digital data through adaptive differential pulse-code modulation, an initial value and a scale factor associated with the digital data, to be sent to the communication network, and demodulating the data packet according to the digital data, the initial value and the scale factor, thereby reconstructing the data packet to an analog audio output signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.Inventor: Chu-Feng Lien
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Publication number: 20120263056Abstract: Selected embodiments are directed to methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for wireless radio frequency communications. Adjacent antenna array elements of a receiver antenna array are separated by less than the diffraction limit of the radio frequency communication band in which the apparatus and methods operate. A plurality or multiplicity of near-field scatterers are asymmetrically placed in the immediate vicinity of each of the antenna array elements, to perturb the pattern of each of the antenna elements, making the patterns different even below diffraction limit spacing. A transmitter spatially and temporally focuses simultaneous transmissions on each of the antenna array elements, using time reversal communication techniques. The transmitter may transmit through multiple antenna elements, and the channel from the transmitter to the receiver may be subject to multipath phenomena.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Inventors: David Smith, Jeremy Rode, Anis Husain, Maha Achour
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Patent number: 8290020Abstract: A radio transmitter select its operating frequency based on the frequency characteristics of a collocated receiver and clock harmonics. The radio transmitter can dynamically change its operating frequency in a wide enough range so as to avoid frequencies where its spurs fall on the receive frequency of the collocated receiver. The frequency characteristics of the clock harmonic of the radio transmitter and the collocated receiver are obtained, then a range of operating frequencies is calculated to enable the collocated devices to operate without undue interference.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Hsin-Yuo Liu, Leora Roth, Jing Zhu
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Publication number: 20120243449Abstract: A frequency division (FD) multiplexing device includes a multiplexer including a band-pass and a band-stop filter, the multiplexer is communicatively coupled to an antenna, the band-pass filter is configured to allow pass band frequencies to pass un-attenuated and to attenuate signals outside of the pass band. The band-stop filter is configured to attenuate signals at frequencies in at least a portion of the pass-band and allow frequencies outside the pass-band to pass un-attenuated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Xiaoyin He
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Publication number: 20120243447Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a dual antenna distributed radio frequency front end (RFFE). RFFE topologies described herein may provide lower insertion loss (IL), reduced emission mask, decreased power consumption, and/or lower noise figure (NF) compared to conventional RFFE topologies. One example apparatus for wireless communications generally includes first and second power amplifiers (PAs) for amplifying signals for transmission, a transmit antenna for transmitting the amplified signals, a receive antenna for receiving other signals to be processed in a receive path, and a first transmit filter configured to filter the amplified signals from the first PA before amplification by the second PA. For certain aspects, a divided inter-stage filter providing overlapping frequency bands may be utilized. For certain aspects, the RFFE may support frequency-division duplexing (FDD)/TDD (time-division duplexing) coexistence, including support for FDD/TDD MIMO (multiple input multiple output).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: QUAL COMM IncorporatedInventors: Haim M. Weissman, Avigdor Brillant, Rimon Mansour, Gene Fong
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Patent number: 8275025Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for pseudo asynchronous testing of receive paths in serializer/deserializer (SerDes) devices. A SerDes device is tested by applying a source of serial data to a receive path of the SerDes device during a test mode. The receive path substantially aligns to incoming data using a bit clock. A phase is adjusted during the test mode of the bit clock relative to the source of serial data to evaluate the SerDes device. The source of serial data may be, for example, a reference clock used by a phase locked loop to generate the bit clock. The phase of the bit clock can be directly controlled during the test mode, for example, by a test phase control signal, such as a plurality of interpolation codes that are applied to an interpolator that alters a phase of the bit clock.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: LSI CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Abel, Parag Parikh, Vladimir Sindalovsky
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Patent number: 8259865Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adapting a channel estimation scheme in a transceiver in a communication system are disclosed to adapt channel estimation to the transceiver environment, particularly for high Doppler environments. The disclosed methods and apparatus effect determination of an estimate of a power delay profile of a channel or a time correlation of the channel, or both. A channel estimation scheme is then determined based on at least one of the determined power delay profile and time correlation of the channel. By basing determination of a channel estimation scheme on the power delay profile and/or the time correlation of the channel, the channel estimation scheme is adapted to the particular environment of the transceiver by accounting for the delay spread of the channel and/or the speed of the transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, Ashok Mantravadi
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Patent number: 8249134Abstract: The invention relates to methods and a high speed communication device that allow one of a plurality of high speed communication devices connected to a transmission line having a normal impedance to effectively receive data. The high speed communication device can include a transmission line interface connected to the transmission line, a receiver connected to the transmission line interface, and a transmitter selectively coupled to the transmission line interface. The transmitter can have an impedance substantially equal to the normal line impedance. The high speed communication device can present a high impedance to the transmission line with respect to the normal line impedance when the transmitter is not coupled to the transmission line interface, and the high speed communication device can present an impedance to the transmission line that is substantially equal to the normal line impedance when the transmitter is coupled to the transmission line interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Inventors: Dasari Jagadish Kumar, Ganesh Kumar Koppisetti, Bibin George
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Patent number: 8238450Abstract: An apparatus comprising an artificial noise (AN) controller coupled to a digital subscriber line (DSL) transmitter and configured to adjust an AN level for a signal transmitted by the DSL transmitter, wherein the AN level is adjusted based on an actual signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the signal from the receiver to achieve a desired SNR for the signal. Also disclosed is a method comprising maintaining a data rate in a line at about a desired level by adjusting an AN level in a transmitted signal based on a SNR of a received signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Futurewei Technologies Inc.Inventors: Sanjay Gupta, Amir H. Fazlollahi, Guozhu Long, Ying Li, Raphael Jean Cendrillon
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Publication number: 20120176945Abstract: A multiple input, multiple output (“MIMO”) antenna system is provided for operation on a radio frequency (“RF”) module that may be used in a wireless access device. The MIMO antenna system includes a plurality of multi-band antenna elements connected to a radio in a MIMO configuration. The multi-band antenna elements and the radio are configured to operate on a RF module. A reflector is formed on the RF module to contain the plurality of multi-band antenna elements and to concentrate signal communication in a sector, the plurality of multi-band antenna elements oriented to provide a sector coverage pattern formed by beam patterns generated by each of the multi-band antenna elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventor: Abraham Hartenstein
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Publication number: 20120180094Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, includes a broadband signal access point, which may be located internally or externally to the premises, in combination with the existing cabling is used with radiation device(s) to provide distribution of services, including broadband services, within the premises. Additional embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LPInventors: John F. Murray, Christopher W. Rice, Harry R. Worstell
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Publication number: 20120163254Abstract: Multiple channels are aggregated. In an example embodiment, first data is transmitted on a first channel to a wireless device, and second data is simultaneously transmitted on a second channel to the wireless device. The first data and the second data are transmitted in a coordinated manner by aggregating the first channel and the second channel. Various example channel characteristics and combinations thereof are described. Different data allocation options for aggregated channels are described. Other alternative implementations are also presented herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: WI-LAN INC.Inventors: Kenneth L. Stanwood, Ramon Khalona, Lei Wang, Yair Bourlas, Gene W. Marsh, Robert P. Gilmore, Ron Porat, Paul W. Piggin
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Patent number: 8204100Abstract: According to an embodiment of a communication device, the communication device includes communication circuitry configured to communicate via a plurality of transmission channels. The communication circuitry includes crosstalk reduction circuitry to reduce crosstalk for a part of the plurality of transmission channels by joint processing of data of the part of the transmission channels. This part is selected from the plurality of transmission channels depending on a grouping of the transmission channels into at least two groups. Each of the at least two groups is assigned a target bit rate. The target bit rate differs for different groups.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Lantiq Deutschland GmbHInventor: Heinrich Schenk
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Patent number: 8199684Abstract: A point-to-multipoint broadband local area network (BLAN) system comprising a local area modem controller (LAMC) and plurality of local area modems (LAMs) is capable of voice, video and data communications. The medium is capable of reliably supporting multiple downstream and upstream channels to meet the need of high-capacity and QoS of digital entertainment. Media-access-control (MAC) functions in the LAMC and the LAMs coordinate packet stream transmissions. The shared medium can be a tree-branch coaxial cable; the LAMs can be legacy DOCSIS or EuroDOCSIS cable modems or enhanced cable modems with multiple channels; the MAC can be a DOCSIS MAC or an enhanced multi-channel full-service MAC (fsMAC). The physical layer of each channel can be that of DOCSIS, wideband, or other technologies. Residential gateway and wide-area broadband modem functions can also be incorporated into the LAMC. Cable TV programming channels and the BLAN can shared the same cable spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2005Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Inventor: John Wai-Tsang Eng
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Publication number: 20120113874Abstract: An electronic device has wireless communications circuitry that includes transmitters and receivers. The transmitters and receivers may share an antenna. Transmitted signals from multiple transmitters may be merged using a combining circuit. Merged signals from the transmitter may be conveyed to the antenna through a circulator. The circulator may route incoming signals from the antenna to receivers. The receivers may be coupled to the circulator through a filter. An additional filter may be interposed between the circulator and the antenna. An additional transmitter may transmit signals through the antenna using the additional filter. An additional receiver may receive some of the incoming signals that are received by the antenna through the additional filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventor: Louie J. Sanguinetti
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Patent number: 8175524Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an antenna element, a first wireless communication module including a printed circuit board and a wireless communication circuit which is provided on the printed circuit board, and a second wireless communication module. A diplexer is provided on the printed circuit board of the first wireless communication module, and includes a first terminal which is connected to the antenna element via a first antenna connector provided on the printed circuit board and a first cable, a second terminal which is connected to the wireless communication circuit via a wiring pattern on the printed circuit board, and a third terminal which is connected to a second antenna connector provided on the printed circuit board. The second wireless communication module is connected to the second antenna connector via a second cable.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Anwar Sathath