Patents Assigned to Ralink Technology Corp.
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Publication number: 20140022679Abstract: A surge protection circuit for a line driver of a communication system includes a positive output pad; a negative output pad; a transistor, comprising a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, the first terminal coupled to the positive output pad, the second terminal coupled to the negative output pad; and a trigger circuit. The trigger circuit includes an inverter, comprising an input terminal and an output terminal, the output terminal coupled to the third terminal of the transistor; and a first RC delay circuit. The first RC delay circuit includes a resistor having a terminal coupled to an input terminal of the inverter, and another terminal coupled to a power supply; and a capacitor having a terminal coupled to the input terminal of the inverter and another terminal coupled to a ground. The transistor is within an integrated circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventors: Hsin-Hsien Li, Yu-Lin Chu, Li-Yu Chiu
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Publication number: 20130321242Abstract: An electronic device with an embedded three-dimensional antenna is disclosed. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and an embedded three-dimensional antenna. The embedded three-dimensional antenna includes a radiation element and a connection element. The connection element includes a first connection part and a second connection part. The first and second connection parts are coupled to the PCB, and utilized for transferring signals of the embedded three-dimensional antenna to the PCB. The first and second connection parts further clamp the PCB to attach the embedded three-dimensional antenna on the PCB.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventors: Min-Chung Wu, Shao-Chin Lo
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Patent number: 8558748Abstract: A printed dual-band Yagi-Uda antenna is disclosed, which includes a substrate, a first driver, a first director, a second driver and a reflector. The first driver is formed on the substrate, and is utilized for generating a radiation pattern of a first frequency band. The first director is formed at a side of the first driver on the substrate, and is utilized for directing the radiation pattern of the first frequency band toward a first direction. The second driver is formed between the first driver and the first director on the substrate, and is utilized for generating a radiation pattern of a second frequency band. The reflector is formed at another side of the first driver on the substrate, and is utilized for reflecting both the radiation patterns of the first frequency band and the second frequency band toward the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventors: Xin-Chang Chen, Min-Chung Wu
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Patent number: 8547292Abstract: A communication device with an embedded antenna includes a printed circuit board and an embedded antenna including at least one radiating unit, at least one feeding unit, where each feeding unit is coupled to a corresponding one of the at least one radiating unit and the printed circuit board, and a connecting unit coupled to the at least one radiating unit including a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The connecting unit and the at least one radiating unit form a loop structure such that the embedded antenna is capable of covering one side of the printed circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventors: Min-Chung Wu, Shao-Chin Lo
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Publication number: 20130254433Abstract: The invention discloses a DMA system capable of being adapted to various interfaces. The DMA system includes the following advantages: 1) the software porting effort can be reduced when different interfaces are integrated into a SoC; 2) a flexible DMA that could provide protocol transparency and could be ported into different interfaces easily; 3) a scalable DMA that can support unlimited TX/RX scattering/gathering data segments; 4) a reusable DMA that provides user defined TX information (or RX information) and TX message (or RX message) field; and 5) a high performance DMA that support unaligned segment data pointers and unlimited scattering/gathering data segments, so as to reduce extra memory copies by CPU.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventor: Kuo-Cheng Lu
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Patent number: 8531216Abstract: The present invention discloses an electronic apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventors: Jin-Xiao Wu, Heng-Chih Lin, Yi-Bin Hsieh
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Patent number: 8531348Abstract: An electronic device with an embedded three-dimensional antenna is disclosed. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and an embedded three-dimensional antenna. The embedded three-dimensional antenna includes a radiation element and a connection element. The connection element includes a first connection part and a second connection part. The first and second connection parts are coupled to the PCB, and utilized for transferring signals of the embedded three-dimensional antenna to the PCB. The first and second connection parts further clamp the PCB to attach the embedded three-dimensional antenna on the PCB.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventors: Min-Chung Wu, Shao-Chin Lo
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Patent number: 8526432Abstract: A packet processing system for a network packet delivery device and a method thereof are provided. The packet processing system includes a packet receiving module for receiving packets transmitted from an external device; a packet replication module for replicating the packets received by the packet receiving module, wherein the number of packet replications is determined based on the number of members in the multicast group; a packet modification module for replacing each of destination addresses in frame headers of a media access control of each of the packets replicated by the packet replication module with an address information of each of the members in the multicast group; and a packet transmission module for transmitting the packets, according to the destination addresses, to a packet receiving terminal having an address corresponding to the destination addresses.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2009Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventor: Feng-Chi Wu
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Publication number: 20130210368Abstract: A method of antenna deployment determination in a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method includes transceiving a radio signal via the a first antenna port of the wireless communication device, obtaining a first strength result corresponding to the radio signal transmitted or received via the first antenna port, and determining a connecting status of the first antenna port according to the first strength result.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventor: Ralink Technology Corp.
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Patent number: 8508317Abstract: A broadband coupling filter for generating a notch filtering effect is disclosed. In the broadband coupling filter, a substrate includes a first layer, a second layer and a third layer. A first signal terminal, a second signal terminal, and a block transmission line are formed in the first layer, wherein the first signal terminal is used for receiving a signal, and the second signal terminal is used for outputting a filtering result of the signal. A grounding plate is formed in the second layer, having a hole. A third signal terminal, a forth signal terminal and a second block transmission line are formed in the third layer. A connection unit is further formed in the third layer, for connecting the third signal terminal and the forth signal terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventor: Min-Chung Wu
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Patent number: 8497811Abstract: A printed dual-band antenna for an electronic device includes a substrate, a first monopole antenna and a grounding metal sheet. The first monopole antenna is formed on the substrate, and has an electrical length approximating to a quarter wavelength of a first frequency band and a three quarter wavelength of a second frequency band. The grounding metal sheet is formed on the substrate to be a ground of the first monopole antenna. A feeding terminal of the first monopole antenna, formed at a first side of the grounding metal sheet, divides the first side into a first edge and a second edge. Lengths of the first edge and the second edge approximate to a quarter wavelength of the second frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventor: Hsiao-Ting Huang
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Patent number: 8498245Abstract: A method of arranging a packet in a wireless communication system includes a preamble sequence and a data sequence. The preamble sequence includes a legacy training field (L-TF), a legacy signal field (L-SIG), a very high throughput signal field (VHT-SIG), a very high throughput short training field (VHT-STF) and at least one very high throughput long training field (VHT-LTF). The method includes generating a first VHT-SIG field and a second VHT-SIG field according to the VHT-SIG field; and arranging the L-TF field, the L-SIG field, the first VHT-SIG field, the VHT-STF field, one of the at least one VHT-LTF fields, the second VHT-SIG field and the rest of the at least one VHT-LTF fields in a predetermined sequence.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventors: Cheng-Hsuan Wu, Yen-Chin Liao, Yung-Szu Tu
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Patent number: 8494461Abstract: An RF transmitter for a Wireless LAN device for enhancing an output linearity of the Wireless LAN device includes an RF processing unit for generating an RF signal, a voltage generator for generating a control voltage, a power amplifier coupled to the RF processing unit and driven by a bias, for amplifying power of the RF signal, and a low-pass filter coupled between the voltage generator and the power amplifier, for low-pass-filtering the control voltage to form the bias.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2009Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology, Corp.Inventors: Shao-Chin Lo, Chien-Cheng Lin
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Patent number: 8488539Abstract: A method of generating preamble sequence is disclosed. A channel used by a wireless device may be divided into four sub-channels, and the method includes forming a preamble sequence of a first sub-channel, making three replicas of the preamble sequence of the first sub-channel, each replica with a phase rotation of a first angle, a second angle, and a third angle respectively, for forming each preamble sequence of a second sub-channel, a third sub-channel, and a fourth sub-channel, and arranging the preamble sequences of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth sub-channels to form a preamble sequence of the channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventors: Yen-Chin Liao, Cheng-Hsuan Wu, Yung-Szu Tu
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Patent number: 8472458Abstract: A buffer space allocation method for a packet switch includes periodically performing a measurement process to obtain a plurality of measurement results at different times, each measurement result indicating a total size of accumulated packets in an output queue corresponding to one of a plurality of network ports of the packet switch, and adjusting a dedicated buffer space of the output queue according to the plurality of measurement results and a reserved space value for the dedicated buffer space.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventor: Kuo-Cheng Lu
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Patent number: 8441964Abstract: A feeding device for a smart antenna includes a signal reception terminal, a first antenna feeding terminal, a second antenna feeding terminal, a power divider, and a switching circuit. The signal reception terminal is utilized for receiving a transmitting signal. The first antenna feeding terminal and the second antenna feeding terminal are utilized for outputting feeding signals to the two antennas, respectively. The power divider, having a first input port, a second input port, a first output port, and a second output port, is utilized for distributing energy received by the first input port or the second input port equally to the first output port and the second output port, and making signals of the first output port and the second output port having 90 degree phase difference. The switching circuit performs switching operations to control electrical connections of the power divider according to a control signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventor: Min-Chung Wu
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Patent number: 8385399Abstract: A method of noise mitigation in a multi-carrier communication system includes receiving a signal from a decision device, determining whether synchronization symbol update is enabled, updating at least one of frequency-domain equalizer (FEQ) coefficients or digital echo canceller (DEC) coefficients in synchronization symbol periods if the synchronization symbol update is enabled, determining whether data symbol update is performed if the synchronization symbol update is not enabled, determining whether a flag associated with the signal is set if the data symbol update is not performed, and updating at least one of FEQ or DEC coefficients associated with the signal in synchronization symbol periods if the flag is set.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventors: Shu-Fa Yang, Min-Chieh Chen, Ching-Kae Tzou
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Patent number: 8379555Abstract: A method of awaking a communication device operating in a sleep mode for a wireless network interface card includes continuously sending a plurality of coupling packets to maintain coupling between the communication device and a remote communication device, receiving a wireless packet from the remote communication device, determining a packet type of the wireless packet according to a packet format corresponding to a wake-up packet, and controlling the communication device to leave the sleep mode when the wireless packet is determined to be the wake-up packet.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology, Corp.Inventors: Sung-Chien Tang, Hsin-Yi Lee
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Patent number: 8374074Abstract: A method of reducing a signal peak to average power ratio (PAPR) for a transmission channel in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The transmission channel is divided into a plurality of channel segments, and the method includes calculating PAPRs corresponding to the plurality of channel segments by a plurality of phase rotation vectors; selecting a plurality of specified phase rotation vectors from the plurality of phase rotation vectors according to the calculated PAPRs; and using one of the plurality of specified phase rotation vectors to rotate a phase of a signal to be transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Ralink Technology Corp.Inventors: Yen-Chin Liao, Cheng-Hsuan Wu, Yung-Szu Tu
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Patent number: 8331277Abstract: In a mesh network, when a wireless mesh link exists between a first mesh access point and a second mesh access point, the first mesh access point can deliver a multicast packet to the second mesh access point through the wireless mesh link. When the second mesh access point determines that the multicast packet from the first mesh access point is a redundant packet, the second mesh access point will send a multi-path notice to the first mesh access point. After receiving the multi-path notice, the first mesh access point stops delivering the multicast packet through the path.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Ralink Technology, Corp.Inventors: Feng-Chi Wu, Ming-Ta Li, Cheng-Tsung Tai