Patents Assigned to FCI, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20200321936
    Abstract: A diplexer having a low band filter and a high band filter is disclosed. The disclosure provides a diplexer having a low band filter and a high band filter for preventing the circuit damage due to an electrostatic discharge in the diplexer itself, and minimizing the signal loss according to addition of an electrostatic discharge prevention circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: FCI Inc.
    Inventor: Hee Yong YOO
  • Publication number: 20200310525
    Abstract: Provided are a method for managing usage time of an IoT device, and an apparatus therefor. According to the disclosure, a method for managing usage time of an IoT device which flexibly controls a standby mode of an IoT device according to a user's selection, and which enables a user to select an operation method of a standby mode by using an application for minimizing power consumption of an IoT device, and an apparatus therefor are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: FCI Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hak CHUNG, Jin Woo PARK, Seung Ho SHIN, Sung Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20200287584
    Abstract: A transceiver having an antenna-connection port and an FEM-connection port is disclosed. Exemplary embodiments provide a transceiver having an antenna-connection port and an FEM-connection port that may support a connection to an external FEM and also support a connection to an antenna without a separate RF switch when an antenna is used without an FEM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: FCI Inc.
    Inventor: Hee Yong YOO
  • Publication number: 20200186604
    Abstract: A wireless communication controlling apparatus for installing wireless Internet of an Internet of Things device is provided. There is provided a wireless communication controlling apparatus which supports the setup of an IoT device in connection with a user terminal based on an application, and if it fails, supports the setup of wireless Internet of the IoT device in connection with the user terminal based on an AP mode. A wireless communication controlling apparatus that does not support the above process supports easy setup based on a concurrent mode of a provision AP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: FCI Inc.
    Inventor: Chang Hwan Park
  • Publication number: 20200176979
    Abstract: An ESD protection circuit is provided. An embodiment provides an ESD protection circuit of a crystal oscillator for bearing an output swing level in an ESD IO for improving a reference clock isolation by adding a stacked diode to the ESD protection circuit and for improving a protection function by applying a secondary diode structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: FCI Inc.
    Inventor: Je Cheol MOON
  • Publication number: 20200154514
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for filtering a wireless signal by parsing a wireless signal transmitted from a surrounding wireless terminal so as to extract channel information of the surrounding wireless terminal in a MAC frame and performing adaptive filtering on the wireless signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: FCI Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Jun BAN, Jae Wan KIM, Won Man KIM, Beom Jin KIM
  • Patent number: 10488446
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power detector. The power detector in which calibration is performed to minimize errors caused by a process variation and a temperature variation in a structure that allows a wide input dynamic range of the power detector at a low supply voltage is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: FCI INC.
    Inventor: DongHyun Ko
  • Patent number: 10459467
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a switching regulator with a soft start circuit for suppressing an in-rush current. The switching regulator includes a peak detector configured to receive a clock signal and detect a peak voltage of the clock signal, a comparator configured to generate a soft start signal for controlling a soft start of the switching regulator based on a result of comparing a level of the peak voltage of the clock signal to a preset reference voltage level, a counter configured to switch a state of the soft start signal at a time point when a preset soft start time arrives, and a ramp voltage generation unit configured to generate a ramp voltage by adjusting a resistance of a variable resistor based on the soft start signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: FCI INC.
    Inventor: Je Cheol Moon
  • Patent number: 10447203
    Abstract: A local oscillator generation system includes a first frequency divider configured to divide frequencies of a first voltage controlled oscillator signal and a second voltage controlled oscillator signal by 2, and output a first divided signal and a second divided signal; a mixer configured to mix the first voltage controlled oscillator signal, the second voltage controlled oscillator signal, the first divided signal, and the second divided signal, and output a first frequency mixed signal and a second frequency mixed signal; a transimpedance amplifier configured to amplify the first frequency mixed signal and the second frequency mixed signal, and output a first amplified signal and a second amplified signal; and a band-pass filter configured to filter the first amplified signal and the second amplified signal, and output a first filtered signal and a second amplified signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: FCI INC.
    Inventor: Jecheol Moon
  • Patent number: 10270410
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates an automatic gain control apparatus and method for rapidly and effectively completing automatic gain control by performing a gain control procedure only three times irrespective of intensity of a received signal using peak values in an analog region and an output signal of an analog-digital converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FCI INC.
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Kang, BeomJin Kim, Byeong Moo Moon, JaeJun Ban, MyungWoon Hwang, ChulHee Kang, Hyun Woo Park
  • Patent number: 10256781
    Abstract: A complementary metal oxide silicon transceiver having an integrated power amplifier is provided. The complementary metal oxide silicon transceiver having the integrated power amplifier is capable of controlling an output power according to a communication environment to solve the following problem that with the increment of an output level of a power amplifier, performance is decreased when noises flow into other blocks of a transceiver with power and thus are inputted to the power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: FCI INC.
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Ko, Min Chul Kang, Myung Woon Hwang
  • Patent number: 10211886
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a wireless communication device and method with low power modes. According to an aspect of the present embodiment, an object is to provide a wireless communication device and method, which may set an accurate timing advance by synchronizing a clock signal provided to a timer with a clock signal provided to a near-field wireless communication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: FCI INC
    Inventor: Beom Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10110260
    Abstract: A transmitter for wireless communications can remove a signal having an image frequency without using a band pass filter, and can be downsized such that it is integrated into a single chip on an integrated circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: FCI INC.
    Inventors: SeongHun Jeong, Heeyoung Yoo
  • Patent number: 10110174
    Abstract: An adaptive power amplifier and a radio frequency transmitter thereof are described. The radio frequency transmitter is a transmitter to transmit a transmission signal for a wireless communication system. The radio frequency transmitter includes at least one direct-current (DC) to direct-current (DC) converter coupled to an external power supply device for operation, a digital-to-analog converter configured to convert a digital signal into an analog signal, a filter configured to filter a harmonic component of the analog signal to generate an input signal, a RF up-converter configured to up-convert the input signal according to a desired channel frequency for generating a modulated signal, and a power amplifying circuit coupled to the DC-to-DC converter and the external power supply device, for selectively receiving one of different supply voltages for operation, and amplifying the modulated signal to generate a RF output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: FCI INC.
    Inventors: Min-Chul Kang, Myung-Woon Hwang
  • Patent number: 10045295
    Abstract: A method of saving power of a station in wireless network is provided. The station comprises a connectivity module, a central processing unit, and peripheral devices. The method includes: upon receiving a wake-up signal, powering on the connectivity module, the central processing unit, and the peripheral devices; performing the central processing unit and the peripheral devices in a connection state; performing the connectivity module in an authenticated state; and upon a condition that there is no data to be transferred to the station or after the station transmits and receives all needed data, performing a sleep mode to power off the connectivity module, the central processing unit, and the peripheral devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: FCI Inc
    Inventors: Beomjin Kim, David Cohen
  • Patent number: 9991853
    Abstract: A dual operation mode power amplifier is disclosed. In the power amplifier in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a bias circuit part can be converted to decrease power consumption. Different from the prior art, performance of the present invention is not reduced in a high power mode, and no additional passive components like inductors or transformers with a large area are necessary to be further added. Furthermore, a tunable impedance matching circuit provides impedances respectively matching impedances of a fully differential amplifier and a single-ended amplifier, thereby improving the performance of the power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: FCI INC
    Inventors: Min-Chul Kang, Myung-Woon Hwang
  • Patent number: 9961640
    Abstract: A communication system and an IoT system are provided. The IoT system is applicable to a wireless network system including an access point. The IoT system includes a WiFi module and a GPIO device. The WiFi module is configured to connect to the access point. The GPIO device is configured to provide a plurality of wake-up signals to the WiFi module through a GPIO pin. A predetermined time period between any two of wake-up signals is greater than an interval between two delivery traffic indication messages from the access point. The WiFi module includes a timer and a power management unit, the power management unit drains power to transfer the WiFi module from a sleep mode to a normal mode after the timer receives the wake-up signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: FCI INC
    Inventors: Beomjin Kim, David Cohen
  • Patent number: 9935587
    Abstract: An inductor-less low noise amplifier (LNA) with high linearity is disclosed. The low noise amplifier includes: an input signal stage receiving an input signal; a first amplifier configured to receive the input signal, generate a first amplification signal by amplifying the received input signal, and output the generated first amplification signal, as a first output signal, to a first output terminal; a second amplifier configured to receive the input signal, generate a second amplification signal by amplifying the received input signal, and output the generated second amplification signal, as a second output signal, to a second output terminal; an output signal stage outputting a superimposition signal obtained by superimposing the first output signal and the second output signal; a first resistor feeding back the superimposition signal to the input signal stage; and a switch connecting/disconnecting between the input signal stage and the output signal stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: FCI INC
    Inventors: DongHyun Ko, Myung Woon Hwang
  • Patent number: 9859857
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a DC offset cancellation circuit. The DC offset cancellation circuit includes a DC feedback unit configured to vary a DC feedback (DCFB) bandwidth to add at least one mid-bandwidth to the DCFB bandwidth and to provide a delay time in each case in order to reduce the DC droop error that occurs in switching from the high bandwidth (BW) to the mid-BW or from the mid-BW mode to the low BW mode, such that stable settling is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: FCI Inc.
    Inventor: SeongHun Jeong
  • Patent number: 9852064
    Abstract: A system on chip includes a memory information read unit and a memory feature setting unit. The memory information read unit is configured to read standard integrated information using a first instruction or read standard information using a second instruction from at least one of the memory and an application image. The memory feature setting unit is configured to set a feature of the memory using the standard integrated information or the standard information. The memory feature setting unit selects all or some of a plurality of bus access modes defined in the standard integrated information or in the standard information and sets a bus access mode of the memory as one or more of the bus access modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: FCI, Inc.
    Inventor: Hyungil Goh