Patents Examined by Daniel Washburn
  • Patent number: 9692462
    Abstract: A transmitter includes a first pre-distortion circuit, a second pre-distortion circuit, a transmitting circuit and a pre-distortion parameters generating circuit. The first pre-distortion circuit uses a plurality of first pre-distortion parameters to perform a pre-distortion operation upon a first input signal to generate a pre-distorted first input signal. The second pre-distortion circuit uses a plurality of second pre-distortion parameters to perform a pre-distortion operation upon a second input signal to generate a pre-distorted second input signal. The transmitting circuit is arranged to process the pre-distorted first input signal and the pre-distorted second input signal to generate an output signal. The pre-distortion parameters generating circuit generates the first pre-distortion parameters and the second pre-distortion parameters according to the first input signal, the second input signal and the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventor: Yu-Pin Chang
  • Patent number: 9680616
    Abstract: One or more LDPC encoders generate two or more LDPC code words to be included entirely in an OFDM symbol. A frequency segment parser parses content of the two or more LDPC code words into a first frequency segment corresponding to a first subband of the communication channel and a second frequency segment corresponding to a second subband of the communication channel. A constellation mapper maps first content of the two or more LDPC code words to first constellation points corresponding to first OFDM tones in the first subband, and maps second content of the two or more LDPC code words to second constellation points corresponding to second OFDM tones in the second subband. A tone ordering unit reorders the first OFDM tones and the second OFDM tones such that the first content is distributed over the first subband, and the second content is distributed over the second subband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Sudhir Srinivasa, Hongyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9680671
    Abstract: A transceiver device 100 includes a transmit path module 110, a receive path module 120 and a compensation signal generator module 130. The transmit path module 110 generates a high frequency transmit signal 112 based on a baseband transmit signal. The receive path module 120 generates a baseband receive signal 122 based on a received high frequency receive signal 114. Further, the compensation signal generator module 130 generates a compensation signal 132 comprising at least one signal portion with a frequency equal to a frequency of an undesired signal portion of the baseband receive signal 122 caused by an undesired signal portion within the high frequency transmit signal 112 comprising a frequency equal to an integer multiple larger than 1 of a transmit frequency of the high frequency transmit signal 112.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Noest, Gregory Chance
  • Patent number: 9674026
    Abstract: A method of determining the beam position in an energy recovered linac (ERL). The method makes use of in phase and quadrature (I/Q) demodulation techniques to separate the pickup signal generated by the electromagnetic fields generated by the first and second pass beam in the energy recovered linac. The method includes using analog or digital based I/Q demodulation techniques in order to measure the relative amplitude of the signals from a position sensitive beam pickup such as a button, strip line or microstripline beam position monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Powers, Pavel Evtushenko
  • Patent number: 9673968
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are described. The apparatus generates a receive clock signal for receiving data from a multi-wire open-drain link by determining a transition in a signal received from the multi-wire open-drain link, generating a clock pulse responsive to the transition, delaying the clock pulse by a preconfigured first interval if the transition is in a first direction, and delaying the clock by a preconfigured second interval if the transition is in a second direction. The preconfigured first and/or second intervals are configured based on a rise time and/or a fall time associated with the communication interface and may be calibrated by measuring respective delays associated with clock pulses generated for first and second calibration transitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shoichiro Sengoku, Joseph Cheung, George Alan Wiley
  • Patent number: 9673781
    Abstract: According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a radio-frequency-to-baseband-function-reuse receiver with shared amplifiers for common-mode and differential-mode amplification is provided. The receiver includes two set networks connected in parallel. The set networks includes a first and a second input capacitors, a first and a second output capacitors, a first transconductance amplifier having an input terminal, a second transconductance amplifier having an input terminal, a first switch, and a second switch. The first and the second input capacitors connect to a first node. The first and the second output capacitors connect to a second node. The first transconductance amplifier connects between the first input capacitor and the first output capacitor. The second transconductance amplifier connects between the second input capacitor and the second output capacitor. The first switch connects between the input terminal of the first transconductance amplifier and the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MACAU
    Inventors: Pui-In Mak, Zhicheng Lin, Rui Paulo da Silva Martins
  • Patent number: 9674010
    Abstract: In one aspect, a tuner includes an analog front end to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and to downconvert the RF signal to a second frequency signal, a digitizer to convert the second frequency signal to a digitized signal, a channel equalizer including a filter to filter the digitized signal, and a first controller to update the filter according to a frequency response of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventor: Junsong Li
  • Patent number: 9667292
    Abstract: A data processing system may include a transmit circuit configured to transmit a first signal sequence comprising one or more signals, a receive circuit configured to transmit a second signal sequence comprising one or more additional signals, wherein one or more signals of the second signal sequence comprise an interference component related to the first signal sequence, and a processing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Feng Xue, Yang-Seok Choi, Shu-Ping Yeh, Shilpa Talwar
  • Patent number: 9667449
    Abstract: A channel estimator, comprises: a receiver receives a first time-domain training sequence; a first convolution circuit generates an estimated value for the first time-domain training sequence by convoluting a second time-domain training sequence with a current channel estimation value; a first subtractor generates an error by subtracting the estimated value for the first time-domain training sequence from the value of the first time-domain training sequence; an updating circuit generates an updated channel estimation value by updating the current channel estimation value with the error; the receiver iteratively receives a next symbol of the first time-domain training sequence, the first convolution circuit, the subtractor and the updating circuit repeat their operation until completion of receipt of a last symbol of the first time-domain training sequence. The updating circuit outputs the current updated channel estimation value upon completion of receipt of a last first time-domain training sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: MONTAGE TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhen Lu
  • Patent number: 9660743
    Abstract: A method in a receiver includes receiving a signal that traversed a multipath channel having a channel response, so as to produce a received sequence of samples that are indicative of the channel response. Using a predefined similarity measure, multiple metrics between the received sequence of samples and multiple respective candidate sequences of samples are calculated by the receiver. Each candidate sequence includes a combination of one or more dominant signal components having respective sample delays, and each candidate sequence corresponds to a channel multipath candidate that has one or more channel paths at the respective sample delays. The channel response is estimated by the receiver, by selecting the candidate sequence that best matches the received sequence, the selecting being based on the similarity measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Rony Ashkenazi, Daniel Yellin, Shimon Moshavi
  • Patent number: 9660849
    Abstract: A method of demodulating an FSK modulated input signal whose frequency varies between first and second frequencies. The input signal is delayed by a plurality of cycles, providing a second signal. A succession of phase reference signals having respective incrementally greater phase delays relative to the input signal are provided. Samples of the phase reference signals are taken at intervals determined by the second signal. A transition between the first and second frequencies is detected when the relative values of the samples of the phase reference signals remain constant during a plurality of intervals after varying. A high speed clock is not required to perform the demodulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Zhiling Sui, Zhijun Chen, Zhihong Cheng, Jiangtao Pan
  • Patent number: 9660713
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure discloses a method for obtaining channel direction information, which includes: transmitting a first detection signal and a second detection signal in at least one detection region, wherein there is differential information between the first detection signal and the second detection signal; receiving a signal receiving characteristic of the first detection signal and a signal receiving characteristic of the second detection signal from a receiver; and adjusting channel direction information (CDI) according to the signal receiving characteristic of the first detection signal and the signal receiving characteristic of the second detection signal. The present disclosure further discloses an apparatus for obtaining channel direction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bin Yu, Pengfei Sun, Dalin Zhu, Fang Yuan, Ming Lei
  • Patent number: 9660711
    Abstract: A communications terminal may include: a plurality of antennas; and a selection circuit configured to select at least one antenna of the plurality of antennas as a transmit antenna for a transmission to a radio communications network, wherein a selection of the transmit antenna may be based on a selection criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Clevorn, Christian Drewes, Jan Ellenbeck, Juergen Kreuchauf
  • Patent number: 9660599
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier. A magnitude input and a phase input are received for transmission of a RF signal by the RF power amplifier. A digital pulse, having a center position relative to an edge of a reference clock based on the phase input and having a width based on the magnitude input, is generated. The digital pulse is filtered with a resonant matching network to produce the RF signal corresponding to the magnitude input and the phase input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventor: William J. Dally
  • Patent number: 9654194
    Abstract: Disclosed is a precoding method comprising the steps of: generating a first coded block and a second coded block with use of a predetermined error correction block coding scheme; generating a first precoded signal z1 and a second precoded signal z2 by performing a precoding process, which corresponds to a matrix selected from among the N matrices F[i], on a first baseband signal s1 generated from the first coded block and a second baseband signal s2 generated from the second coded block, respectively; the first precoded signal z1 and the second precoded signal z2 satisfying (z1, z2)T=F[i] (s1, s2)T; and changing both of or one of a power of the first precoded signal z1 and a power of the second precoded signal z2, such that an average power of the first precoded signal z1 is less than an average power of the second precoded signal z2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 9654308
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, and methods related to determining carrier frequency offset of a wireless communication channel based on a determined phase difference. In some embodiments, an access point is caused to receive one or more streams comprising one or more encoded long training field (LTF) symbols over the wireless communication channel from one or more user devices. The access point then determines a first phase of the wireless communication channel upon receipt of a first LTF symbol, and determines a second phase of the wireless communication channel upon receipt of a second LTF symbol. The access point next determines a phase difference between the first phase and the second phase. Based on the determined phase difference, the access point determines a carrier frequency offset of the wireless communication channel. Lastly, the access point modifies the wireless communication channel based at least in part on the determined CFO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Qinghua Li, Xiaogang Chen, Yuan Zhu, Robert Stacey
  • Patent number: 9654189
    Abstract: Hybrid intra-cell/inter-cell remote unit antenna bonding in multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) distributed antenna systems (DASs), and related components, systems, and methods. The MIMO DASs are capable of supporting distributed MIMO communications with client devices. To provide enhanced MIMO coverage areas, hybrid intra-cell/inter-cell remote unit antenna bonding is employed. For example, if a client device has acceptable MIMO communications signal quality with MIMO antennas within a single remote unit, intra-cell bonding of the MIMO antennas can be employed to provide MIMO coverage for MIMO communications, which may avoid power imbalance issues that would result with inter-cell bonded MIMO antennas. However, if a client device has acceptable MIMO communications signal quality with MIMO antennas in a separate, neighboring remote unit(s), inter-cell bonding of the MIMO antennas can be employed to provide MIMO coverage for MIMO communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Jacob George, Anthony Ng'Oma, Rakesh Sambaraju
  • Patent number: 9647732
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting a symbol in large-scale multiple-input multiple-output communication systems. The detection is based on an improved lattice-reduction-aided K-best algorithm. The detection finds K best candidate symbols with minimum costs for each layer based on a priority queue and an on-demand expansion. In a complex domain, the detection may include a 2-dimensional Schnorr-Euchner expansion or, in the alternative, a two-stage 1-dimensional Schnorr-Euchner expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Qi Zhou, Xiaoli Ma
  • Patent number: 9647809
    Abstract: A method for spreading a plurality of data symbols onto subcarriers of a carrier signal for a transmission in a transmission system provides a data vector, including the plurality of data symbols. The provided data vector is transformed, and based on the transformed data vector and a spreading matrix subsequent to the transform, a spread data vector is being created, having a length which corresponds to the number of the subcarriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Keusgen, Michael Peter, Andreas Kortke
  • Patent number: 9647862
    Abstract: A method for operating a device in a wireless communication system supporting Device to Device (D2D) communication system includes receiving a reference signal from each of at least one transmitting device, estimating a frequency offset between the reference signals and a comparison reference signal corresponding to the reference signals, and adjusting a transmit frequency of a voltage controlled oscillator of the device using the estimated frequency offset estimation. An apparatus for compensating for a frequency offset of a device in a wireless communication system supporting Device to Device (D2D) communication system includes a frequency offset estimator configured to receive reference signals from each of at least one transmitting device, and estimating a frequency offset between the reference signals and a comparison reference signal corresponding to the reference signals, and a voltage controlled oscillator configured to adjust a transmit frequency using the estimated frequency offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Seung-Hoon Park, Hyung-Jin Choi, Kyung-Hun Won, Won-Jun Hwang, Kyung-Kyu Kim, Dae-Gyun Kim, Hyun-Seok Ryu, Dong-Jun Lee, Chi-Woo Lim