With Transmitter-receiver Switching Or Interaction Prevention Patents (Class 455/78)
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Patent number: 11916849Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a full-duplexing rule that indicates to refrain from using a transmission dropping rule for transmission direction conflicts that occur between uplink and downlink transmissions in a same symbol. The UE may receive a control message scheduling transmission of a message during a symbol, where a transmission direction conflict arises between a first transmission direction of the message and a second transmission direction of the symbol. For example, the UE may identify a transmission direction conflict between an uplink transmission direction of the message and a downlink transmission direction of the symbol. The UE may communicate the message during the symbol based on the full-duplexing rule. The described techniques may enable the UE to attain reduced latency and higher throughput based on reducing a number of transmissions dropped by the UE.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Navid Abedini, Junyi Li, Jing Sun, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11916577Abstract: Systems and methods for duplexer circuits having signal cancellation paths are provided. In one aspect, a duplexer circuit includes a first transmit filter configured to receive a first radio frequency transmit signal from a power amplifier, and a first receive filter configured to receive the first radio frequency transmit signal from the first transmit filter. The circuit also includes a first low-noise amplifier configured to receive the first radio frequency transmit signal from the first receive filter and amplify the first radio frequency transmit signal and a cancellation path configured to receive a second radio frequency transmit signal from the power amplifier. The circuit further includes a phase shifter configured to apply a phase shift to one or both of the first and second radio frequency transmit signals, and a second low-noise amplifier configured to amplify the second radio frequency transmit signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: David Richard Pehlke
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Patent number: 11888468Abstract: An RF switch to controllably withstand an applied RF voltage Vsw, or a method of fabricating such a switch, which includes a string of series-connected constituent FETs with a node of the string between each pair of adjacent FETs. The method includes controlling capacitances between different nodes of the string to effectively tune the string capacitively, which will reduce the variance in the RF switch voltage distributed across each constituent FET, thereby enhancing switch breakdown voltage. Capacitances are controlled, for example, by disposing capacitive features between nodes of the string, and/or by varying design parameters of different constituent FETs. For each node, a sum of products of each significant capacitor by a proportion of Vsw appearing across it may be controlled to approximately zero.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: pSemi CorporationInventor: Robert Mark Englekirk
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Patent number: 11889438Abstract: A method (300) performed in a network node is disclosed for enabling ProSe operation for a wireless device on a non-serving carrier. The network node serves the wireless device on a cell on a serving carrier. The method (300) comprises: determining (310) whether a target cell on a non-serving serving carrier, on which the wireless device is to perform ProSe operation, is known or unknown to the wireless device, and configuring (320, 330) the wireless device with a first gap configuration for the case that the target cell on the non-serving carrier is known to the wireless device, and with a second gap configuration for the case that the target cell on the non-serving carrier is unknown to the wireless device. A method in a wireless device, a network node, a wireless device, computer programs and computer program products are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Santhan Thangarasa, Muhammad Kazmi
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Patent number: 11881878Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a module board that includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board; a power amplifier configured to amplify a transmission signal; a first circuit component; and a power amplifier (PA) control circuit configured to control the power amplifier. The power amplifier and the PA control circuit are stacked on the first principal surface, and the first circuit component is disposed on the second principal surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoichi Sawada, Takayuki Shinozaki
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Patent number: 11876512Abstract: A method of using Josephson Junctions to convert the envelope of radio-frequency signals into baseband control pulses includes injecting a biasing current into an envelope detector circuit. The biasing current is identified based on first and second critical currents of superconducting devices in the envelope detector circuit. The first critical current corresponds to the envelope detector circuit receiving no RF signals. The second critical current corresponds to the envelope detector circuit receiving maximum RF signals. The method further includes receiving a modulated radio frequency (RF) signal at the envelope detector circuit to detect an envelope of the received RF signal. The output of the envelope detector circuit is used to drive an output load. The output is generated based on the detected envelope by the envelope detector circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Matthew Beck
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Patent number: 11866076Abstract: Aspects of the disclosed embodiments generally relate to railway track circuits, in particular track circuits with continued distance monitoring and broken rail protection.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Siemens Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Holger Schmidt, Brian Harp, Brian Joseph Hogan, A. Nathan Edds
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Patent number: 11855617Abstract: an electronic circuit according to an embodiment includes: a generation circuit generating a first clocksignal and a second clocksignal delayed from the first clocksignal; a first coupler transmitting one of the first and the second clocksignals by electromagnetic coupling; a first converter driven by the transmitted clocksignal and converting a first input signal into a first signal of a frequency corresponding to the transmitted clocksignal; a second coupler transmitting the first signal by electromagnetic coupling; a second converter converting the first signal into a second signal of a frequency corresponding to the first input signal with the other of the first and the second clocksignals; an output device outputting the second signal; and a protection circuit connected to a line through which the one of the first and the second clocksignals is transmitted between the first coupler and the first converter.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Satoshi Takaya, Hiroaki Ishihara, Kohei Onizuka
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Patent number: 11777624Abstract: A display system which displays, on a display unit, recommended frequencies recommended for use in wireless devices that carry out transmission and reception of data by switching between hopping frequencies in a predetermined frequency band, the display system including a measurement unit that measures, within a set time period set in advance, frequencies and power levels of radio waves propagating around a periphery of the wireless devices, and a control unit which determines frequencies of the radio waves for which the power levels measured by the measurement unit are less than a power threshold value set in advance, as being the recommended frequencies, and causes the display unit to display the recommended frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SMC CORPORATIONInventor: Akira Nishigori
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Patent number: 11777536Abstract: A wireless device comprising a first antenna and second antenna, a transceiver and a radio frequency front end system electrically coupled between the transceiver and the antennas. The RF front end system includes a first module operable to provide a high band transmit signal to the first antenna, receive a first high band receive signal and a first mid band receive signal from the first antenna. The first high band receive signal has a frequency range greater than that of the first mid band receive signal. The RF front end system further includes a second module operable to provide a mid band transmit signal to the second antenna, receive a second mid band receive signal and a second high band receive signal from the second antenna. The second high band receive signal has a frequency range greater than that of the second mid band receive signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: John Chi-Shuen Leung
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Patent number: 11777570Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless communications comprising a plurality of agents, which together as the group, are configured to: (i) wirelessly broadcast an interference signal by forming a radiation pattern having null vectored substantially toward a client; (ii) wirelessly transmit a communication signal to the client by forming a radiation beam carrying the communication signal vectored substantially toward the client; and (iii) wirelessly broadcast a combined communication signal and interference signal to the client using phases of processes (i) and (ii). In some embodiments, the agents together as a group may be further configured to: allocate and adjust power for performing processes (i) and (ii) at substantially the same time.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Justin S. Kong, Fikadu T. Dagefu, Brian M. Sadler
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Patent number: 11736141Abstract: Radio frequency (RF) communication systems with coexistence management are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a method of coexistence management in a mobile device includes processing an RF receive signal to generate a digital baseband receive signal using a receive channel of a first transceiver, processing a first RF observation signal to generate a first digital observation signal using a first observation channel of the first transceiver, generating spectral regrowth observation data based on processing process the first digital observation signal using a first spectral regrowth baseband sampling circuit of the first transceiver, and compensating the digital baseband receive signal for RF signal leakage based on the spectral regrowth observation data and on direct transmit leakage observation data using a discrete time cancellation circuit of the first transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Anand Raghavan
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Patent number: 11737172Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for a multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) wireless communication. The method includes receiving a communication request, performing a first wireless communication, and performing a second wireless communication. Receiving a communication request by a second SIM while in wireless communication is based on a first SIM is performed via a plurality of antennas. Performing a first wireless communication is based on the first SIM communicating via a first antenna group that is a portion of the plurality of antennas, in response to a number of antennas used for wireless communication based on the first SIM and the second SIM that is greater than a number of available antennas of a terminal. Performing a second wireless communication is based on the second SIM via a second antenna group while the first wireless communication is performed and the second group is different from the first antenna group.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Wonseok Jeong, Kiho Kil, Anna Kim, Kwonyeol Park, Ilmuk Choi
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Patent number: 11726202Abstract: A method of designing a radar system includes implementing a supervised learning process of a neural network to determine a weight corresponding with each of a plurality of patch antennas of a radar system. Each of the plurality of patch antennas is sized in accordance with the weight.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Oded Bialer, Noa Garnett, Amnon Jonas, Ofer Givati
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Patent number: 11690024Abstract: Disclosed are systems and techniques for performing sidelink communications. For instance, a first client device can determine a first transmit power parameter for transmitting sidelink communications. The first transmit power parameter can either be received from a base station associated with the first client device or it can be a default parameter based on the first client device not being associated with a base station. The first client device can transmit, to a second client device, a first sidelink transmission having a first power level corresponding to the first transmit power parameter. The first client device can receive, from the second client device, a first sidelink reception having a second power level corresponding to a second transmit power parameter.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Jing Sun, Yisheng Xue, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Tao Luo, Juan Montojo
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Patent number: 11658689Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to devices, wireless communication apparatuses, methods, and circuitry for a t-switch with gate shunting. One aspect is an apparatus including a first differential switch having a control input. The apparatus further includes a second differential switch coupled to the first differential switch, the second differential switch a control input. A shunt capacitor is coupled between a first output and a second output of the first differential switch, and a first input and a second input of the second differential switch. A first shunt switch having a control input, an input, and an output has the input and the output coupled to the control input of the first differential switch. A second shunt switch having a control input, an input, and an output, has the input and the output coupled to the control input of the second differential switch.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Vahid Dabbagh Rezaei, Ahmed Abbas Mohamed Helmy, Prakash Thoppay Egambaram
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Patent number: 11652504Abstract: Circuits, devices, and methods related to setting a drive power of a power amplifier to a first power level, switching an input of the power amplifier to an isolation state, switching an antenna selection state of an antenna network, and switching the input of the power amplifier to an active state.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Robert John Thompson
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Radio-frequency signal sending/receiving circuit and radio-frequency signal sending/receiving device
Patent number: 11626899Abstract: A radio-frequency signal sending/receiving circuit includes a low-noise amplifier electrically connected to a first terminal, a first switch electrically connected to the input terminal of the low-noise amplifier, a band pass filter electrically connected at one end to the other end of the first switch and at the other end to a first antenna via a fourth terminal, a power amplifier electrically connected to a second terminal, a second switch electrically connected at one end to the output terminal of the power amplifier and at the other end to the band pass filter, a third switch electrically connected at one end to the output terminal of the power amplifier and at the other end to a fifth terminal, and a fourth switch electrically connected at one end to a third terminal and at the other end to the fifth terminal.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Akamine, Satoshi Sakurai -
Patent number: 11616294Abstract: A communication method performed in an electronic device including a conductive pattern and the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a conductive pattern used as a radiator for wireless communication, a feeding unit connected with the conductive pattern, a ground unit connected with the conductive pattern, a first impedance matching circuit disposed in a first area adjacent to the feeding unit and connected to the conductive pattern, a second impedance matching circuit disposed in a second area adjacent to the conductive pattern and connected to the conductive pattern, and a control unit that matches impedance by controlling at least one of the first impedance matching circuit and the second impedance matching circuit by a closed-loop scheme.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventors: Min Sakong, Dong Ryul Shin, Yoon Jae Lee, Seong Tae Jeong, Jin Woo Jung
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Patent number: 11581912Abstract: A front-end circuit includes an antenna connection terminal, a selection terminal, and a selection terminal, a switching circuit including a common terminal and selection terminals, a receive filter configured to pass a radio-frequency signal in Band B, a signal path connecting the selection terminal and the selection terminal and including the receive filter, a signal path connecting the selection terminal and the selection terminal and defining and functioning as a bypass path without any filter, and a filter coupled between the antenna connection terminal and the common terminal and configured to pass a first frequency range group including Band B.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Junpei Yasuda
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Patent number: 11574898Abstract: A radio-frequency module including a module substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface on opposite sides; a low-noise amplifier disposed on the second main surface; and a power amplifier circuit in a Doherty configuration. The power amplifier including a first phase circuit; a second phase circuit; a carrier amplifier disposed on the first main surface and including an input terminal connected to a first end of the first phase circuit and an output terminal connected to a first end of the second phase circuit; and a peaking amplifier disposed on the first main surface and including an input terminal connected to a second end of the first phase circuit and an output terminal connected to a second end of the second phase circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Goto, Kazuhito Nakai
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Patent number: 11558079Abstract: Radio frequency (RF) communication systems with interference cancellation for coexistence are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an RF communication system includes a transmitter that transmits a transmit signal through a first front end system, a receiver that processes a receive signal from a second front end system, and an interference cancellation circuit that generates an interference cancellation signal that compensates the receiver for interference arising from the transmitter. The interference cancellation circuit includes a filter for filtering the transmit signal, a controllable phase circuit for adjusting a phase of the interference cancellation signal, and a controllable gain circuit for adjusting a gain of the interference cancellation signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Anand Raghavan, David Richard Pehlke, Poul Olesen
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Patent number: 11539394Abstract: A system and method for mitigating self-interference in mmWave systems. A transceiver can include a mutual precoder controller that controls both an analog/RF beamforming circuit and a digital/BB beamforming circuit to prefer beams directed along paths in the local RF environment that minimize self-interference. In other cases, a transceiver can include one or more self-interference filters to internally mitigate self-interference.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: GENXCOMM, INC.Inventors: Ian P. Roberts, Hardik B. Jain, Sriram Vishwanath, Yitao Chen, Rajesh K. Mishra, Dan Schwartz
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Patent number: 11539388Abstract: Apparatus for receiving radio frequency, RF, signals, comprising at least two antenna panels, wherein each of the at least two antenna panels is configured to provide a respective received signal with an associated frequency spectrum, wherein the apparatus is configured to apply a frequency shift to at least one of the received signals such that center frequencies of at least two adjacent frequency spectra comprise a predetermined frequency distance from each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Benny Vejlgaard, Simon Svendsen, Johannes Harrebek, Christian Rom, Samantha Caporal Del Barrio
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Patent number: 11533069Abstract: A dual-band multiport receiver apparatus and a dual-band (or multiband) multiport transmitter apparatus are disclosed. The receiver apparatus may include: a multiport circuit having a plurality of 90-degree hybrid couplers and a power divider to generate a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals based on a dual-band signal, a plurality of diode networks connected to the multiport circuit to generate a plurality of intermediate frequency (IF) signals based on the plurality of RF signals, two analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) connected to the diodes to convert the IF signals to two digital signals, and a digital signal processor connected to the ADCs to decode information carried by the dual-band signal based on the two digital signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Ke Wu, Pedro Cheong
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Patent number: 11515913Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine a collision between one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resources to be used for an SRS antenna switching procedure for a first radio access technology (RAT) and a signal of a second RAT based at least in part on a time domain overlap of transmissions of the one or more SRS resources and an active time of the signal of the second RAT, and modify a configuration of the SRS antenna switching procedure to mitigate the collision, wherein the modified configuration indicates that the one or more SRS resources are configured to be transmitted using antenna elements of the UE that are different than antenna elements of the UE to be used for receiving the signal of the second RAT. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Akash Kumar
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Patent number: 11496162Abstract: A radio-frequency circuit is capable of simultaneously transmitting a radio-frequency signal of a middle high band group (MHB) including B1 and B3, and a radio-frequency signal of a ultra-high band group (UHB) including n77, and includes: a first transfer circuit that transfers the MHB radio-frequency signal and a radio-frequency signal of a low band group (LB); and a second transfer circuit that transfers the UHB radio-frequency signal. The first transfer circuit includes: a power amplifier for B1 signals; a diplexer that demultiplexes and/or multiplexes the MHB radio-frequency signal and the LB radio-frequency signal; a transmission filter that is connected to the power amplifier and has, as a passband, a transmission band of B1; and a band-elimination filter that is disposed between the diplexer and the transmission filter, and has, as an attenuation band, a transmission band of n77. The second transfer circuit includes a power amplifier for n77 signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotsugu Mori, Hidenori Obiya
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Patent number: 11476814Abstract: An improved transformer based switch for PALNA applications. The transformer based switch having an input single pole port and a circuit with at least one transformer and at least one switch configured to connect portions of the transformer to ground or to short the transformer. The primary side of the transformer being connected to the input port and the secondary side of the transformer being connected to an output port.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Teknologian tukimuskeskus VTT OyInventors: Mikko Varonen, Jan Saijets, Jan Holmberg
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Patent number: 11469828Abstract: A system for enhancing isolation in coexisting time-division duplexed (TDD) transceivers includes: a blocker canceller that transforms a transmit signal of a TDD transceiver into a blocker cancellation signal configured to remove transmit-band interference in a receive signal; a first filter that filters the blocker cancellation signal; a second filter that filters the transmit signal; and a transmit-noise canceller that transforms the filtered transmit signal into a transmit noise cancellation signal configured to remove receive-band interference in the receive signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.Inventors: Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Jung-Il Choi, Jeffrey Mehlman
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Patent number: 11463064Abstract: A wireless transceiver including a receiver circuit coupled to an RF transceiver node, a tunable notch filter coupled between the RF transceiver node and a reference node, and a controller that programs the tunable notch filter with a selected blocker frequency and that selectively enables the tunable notch filter to attenuate at least one blocker signal. The tunable notch filter may include a variable capacitor and an inductor coupled in series between the RF transceiver node and ground. The inductor of the tunable notch filter may include a bondwire coupled between a semiconductor die and a semiconductor package. The inductance may include a physical inductor mounted on the package or a printed circuit board. The tunable notch filter may be enabled by a switch selectively coupling the filter to either the RF transceiver node or ground. The variable capacitor may be digitally programmed with digital values stored in a memory.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Vitor Pereira, Jeffrey A. Tindle, Mustafa H. Koroglu, Terry Lee Dickey
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Patent number: 11456764Abstract: A communication device includes an input port, a first output port, a second output port, a first output arm including one end connected to the first output port and another end connected to a branch point and including a first switching element configured to be shorted in a second mode, a second output arm including one end connected to the second output port and another end connected to the branch point and including a second switching element configured to be shorted in a first mode, and an input arm including one end connected to the input port and another end connected to the branch point and including a third switching element configured to introduce a discontinuity into a transmission line in the form of a matching element configured to change an impedance of the input arm in a divider mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gennadiy Alexandrovich Evtyushkin, Anton Sergeevich Lukyanov, Elena Aleksandrovna Shepeleva, Artem Yurievich Nikishov, Byung Kwan Kim, Jong-Sok Kim
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Patent number: 11418226Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) module includes a board including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the board, a filter including a first terminal and a second terminal, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The filter is disposed on the first principal surface. The first circuit is disposed on the second principal surface. In a plan view of the board, a first footprint of a first line and a second footprint of a second line at least partially overlap in the board. The first line connects the first terminal and the first circuit, and the second line connects the second terminal and the second circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Daisuke Miyazaki
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Patent number: 11411596Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to reducing insertion loss in a transceiver while improving an operating efficiency of the transceiver. To do so, the transceiver may include isolation circuitry with harmonic distortion rejection circuitry, an electrostatic discharge filter, an out-of-band noise filter, and/or a matching network. In particular, the harmonic distortion rejection circuitry may enable a second harmonic signal to pass from a power amplifier of a transmitter of the transceiver to ground. The electrostatic discharge filter may also provide a path to ground for electrostatic discharge, and the out-of-band noise filter may provide a path to ground for noise signals. The isolation circuitry may substantially remove or decrease interference caused by undesirable signals while reducing a power consumption and thus improving an operating efficiency of the transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Saihua Lin
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Patent number: 11405059Abstract: A switching circuit comprises a first filter, a second filter and a plurality of switches. The first filter is configured to filter a first frequency band, a second frequency band that is adjacent to the first frequency band and a gap band between the first frequency band and the second frequency band. The second filter is configured to filter the second frequency band. The plurality of switches is configured to route signals from an antenna through one of the first filter and second filter.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: David Richard Pehlke
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Patent number: 11405070Abstract: A radio transceiver device comprises a transmit amplifier, a receive amplifier, an impedance matching circuit portion, and an antenna connection node for connection to an antenna. The impedance matching circuit portion is arranged between the antenna connection node and each of the transmit and receive amplifiers. The impedance matching circuit portion comprises a switch and an inductor and is arranged such that, in a receive mode of operation, the switch is first state and incoming signals from the antenna pass to the receive amplifier via the inductor. In a transmit mode of operation, the switch is in a second state and the transmit amplifier is coupled to a power supply rail VDD via the inductor.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Nordic Semiconductor ASAInventors: Stein Erik Weberg, Werner Luzi
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Patent number: 11374608Abstract: Radio-frequency front-end circuit includes: first transfer circuit that transfers a 4G signal, a first antenna terminal connected to a first antenna, a second antenna terminal connected to a second antenna, and a switch that includes a first selection terminal and a second selection terminal. The first selection terminal is connected to the first transfer circuit, and the second selection terminal is connected to a second transfer circuit that transfers a 5G signal. The switch: when the first antenna is high in antenna sensitivity, connects the first antenna terminal to the first selection terminal, and connects the second antenna terminal to the second selection terminal; and when the second antenna is high in antenna sensitivity, connects the first antenna terminal to the second selection terminal, and connects the second antenna terminal to the first selection terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Atsushi Ono
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Patent number: 11356132Abstract: A radio frequency module includes a module board, a transmission power amplifier, a first inductance element mounted on a first principal surface and connected to an output terminal of the transmission power amplifier, a reception low-noise amplifier, and a second inductance element mounted on a first principal surface connected to an input terminal of the reception low-noise amplifier. In a plan view of the module board, a conductive member mounted on the first principal surface is disposed between the first inductance element and the second inductance element.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Takanori Uejima
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Patent number: 11356130Abstract: A wireless device comprising a first antenna and second antenna, a transceiver and a radio frequency front end system electrically coupled between the transceiver and the antennas. The RF front end system includes a first module operable to provide a high band transmit signal to the first antenna, receive a first high band receive signal and a first mid band receive signal from the first antenna. The first high band receive signal has a frequency range greater than that of the first mid band receive signal. The RF front end system further includes a second module operable to provide a mid band transmit signal to the second antenna, receive a second mid band receive signal and a second high band receive signal from the second antenna. The second high band receive signal has a frequency range greater than that of the second mid band receive signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: John Chi-Shuen Leung
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Patent number: 11349508Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a first filter circuit disposed on a first path that connects an antenna terminal and a first input/output terminal, and having a passband that is a first frequency band; a second filter circuit disposed on a second path that connects the antenna terminal and a second input/output terminal, and having a passband that is a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band; and a band-elimination filter circuit disposed on the second path and having an attenuation band that is a partial band of a third frequency band that belongs to an unlicensed band ranging from 5 GHz or higher, and is higher than the second frequency band. The second filter circuit is an LC filter circuit that includes an inductor and a capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Hitomi, Yuichi Tannan, Hirotsugu Mori
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Patent number: 11349506Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a transmission power amplifier that includes a plurality of amplifying elements that are cascaded; a reception low noise amplifier; and a module board on which the transmission power amplifier and the reception low noise amplifier are mounted. The plurality of amplifying elements include: an amplifying element disposed most downstream; and an amplifying element disposed upstream of the amplifying element, and in a plan view of the module board, a conductive member is physically disposed between the amplifying element and the reception low noise amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Takanori Uejima
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Patent number: 11342975Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a transceiver associated with a plurality of antennas, and at least one processor configured to: transmit a first signal by using a preset first antenna of the plurality of antennas; receive a second signal coupled from the first signal; determine a comparison result by comparing the first signal and the second signal; perform antenna switching based on the comparison result; and use a second antenna based on the antenna switching.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seungbum Ju, Changwon Jang
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Patent number: 11342898Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a band pass filter that includes LC resonant circuits coupled to each other by a capacitor. A bridge capacitor can be in parallel with series capacitors, in which the series capacitors include the capacitor coupled between the LC resonant circuits. The bridge capacitor can create a transmission zero at a frequency below the passband of the band pass filter. The LC resonant circuits can each include a surface mount capacitor and a conductive trace of the substrate, and an integrated passive device die can include the capacitor. Band pass filters disclosed herein can be relatively compact, provide relatively good out-of-band rejection, and relatively low loss.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Hai H. Ta, Weimin Sun
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Patent number: 11323893Abstract: It is possible to realize wireless communication using a directional beam in a more suitable manner. A wireless communication device includes: one or more antenna elements that are configured to control directions of directional beams and perform wireless communication using the directional beams; a detection unit that detects an attitude of at least any one of the one or more antenna elements; and a control unit that sets a state in which a radio signal transmitted using at least a directional beam from a base station is receivable via any one of the one or more antenna elements as a reference state, and controls the wireless communication with the base station using the directional beam according to a change in the attitude from the reference state.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Nakayama
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Patent number: 11320470Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a method for modifying transmission line characteristics. The method may include: making a first determination of a null frequency of an input signal to a transmission line; performing an analysis to make a second determination of a wavelength of the input signal using, at least in part, the null frequency; making a third determination, based on the analysis, of a half wavelength of the input signal; calculating, based on the half wavelength, a total stub length; and adding a trace to a stub associated with a via, wherein the stub and the trace are a length that is at least a portion of the half wavelength of the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Sandor T. Farkas, Bhyrav M. Mutnury
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Patent number: 11303319Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a module board including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board; a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) that is on the second principal surface and includes a third principal surface and a fourth principal surface on opposite sides of the semiconductor IC; and an external-connection terminal on the second principal surface. In this radio frequency module, the third principal surface faces the second principal surface, and is closer to the second principal surface than the fourth principal surface is. The semiconductor IC includes: a reception low noise amplifier; and a ground electrode on the fourth principal surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Naohide Tomita
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Patent number: 11283480Abstract: Radio frequency (RF) communication systems with coexistence management are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a method of coexistence management in a mobile device includes processing an RF receive signal to generate a digital baseband receive signal using a receive channel of a first transceiver, processing a first RF observation signal to generate a first digital observation signal using a first observation channel of the first transceiver, generating spectral regrowth observation data based on processing process the first digital observation signal using a first spectral regrowth baseband sampling circuit of the first transceiver, and compensating the digital baseband receive signal for RF signal leakage based on the spectral regrowth observation data and on direct transmit leakage observation data using a discrete time cancellation circuit of the first transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Anand Raghavan
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Patent number: 11277109Abstract: Methods and devices to improve the insertion loss at the LNA input of RF receivers are disclosed. The described methods and devices make use of the band switches in OFF state to improve the layout design, insertion loss and NF. Exemplary embodiments incorporating the disclosed concept are also presented.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: PSEMI CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph Golat, David Kovac
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Patent number: 11251751Abstract: A signal mixing circuit device and a receiver are disclosed, the signal mixing circuit device comprising first to fourth mixers, first and second signal amplifying circuits, a signal strength detector, a controller and an attenuator. A signal strength value for the output from the first signal amplifying circuit is detected using the signal strength detector. If the signal strength value is less than a first threshold, a high-gain path is initiated, so that noises respectively input to the first and second mixers together with local oscillator signals are eliminated by the fourth and third mixers respectively, thereby ensuring a high signal-to-noise ratio. If the signal strength value is greater than a second threshold, a low-gain path is initiated, which partially reuses the circuit of the high-gain path, thereby effectively reducing the overall circuit area and decreasing chip cost and power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Inventor: Chun Geik Tan
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Patent number: 11237247Abstract: A transceiver having quantization noise compensation is disclosed. The transceiver includes transmitter and receiver circuits. The transmitter is configured to receive and quantize a digital signal to generate a quantized signal. The quantized signal is then converted into an analog transmit signal and transmitted as a wireless signal. The receiver circuit is configured to receive a reflected version of the wireless signal and generate an analog receive signal based thereon. The analog receive signal is converted into a digital receive signal. Thereafter, the receiver cancels quantization noise from the digital receive signal to produce a digital output signal that can be utilized for further processing.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael Kerner, Zohar Agon, Michael Ney
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Patent number: 11223970Abstract: For example, a wireless communication device may be configured to determine a Concurrent Multiple Band (CMB) routing scheme based on Quality of Service (QoS) requirement information and network condition information, the CMB routing scheme to route a plurality of application streams to a plurality of radios of the wireless communication device for wireless communication over a plurality of wireless communication bands, the plurality of application streams corresponding to one or more applications to be executed by the wireless communication device; and to route the plurality of application streams to the plurality of radios by determining, based on the CMB routing scheme, to which radio of the plurality of radios to route the application stream of the plurality of application streams.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Daniel Cohn, David Birnbaum, Ehud Reshef, Ofer Hareuveni, Dor Chay