Patents Examined by David B. Lugo
  • Patent number: 12149389
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for isolating digital signals are described. A carrier signal can be modulated using a first signal to generate a first modulated signal. The carrier signal and the first modulated signal can be transmitted through a forward path in an isolation barrier, where transmitting the carrier signal through the isolation barrier can transform the carrier signal into a delayed carrier signal. The first modulated signal can be demodulated to recover the first signal. The delayed carrier signal can be modulated using a second signal to generate a second modulated signal. The delayed carrier signal and the second modulated signal can be transmitted through a return path in the isolation barrier, where the return path and the forward path has opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Sato, Jiang Chen, Qiu Sha
  • Patent number: 12149382
    Abstract: Wireless circuitry can include a processor that generates a reference baseband signal, an upconversion circuit that upconverts the baseband signals to radio-frequency signals, an amplifier that amplifies the radio-frequency signals, and an antenna. The amplifier can be adjusted based on an estimated value computed using error vector magnitude (EVM) estimation circuitry. The EVM estimation circuitry may include a first filter configured to receive the reference signal, a second filter configured to receive a measured signal coupled from the output of the amplifier, a first signal extraction circuit coupled to an output of the first filter, a second signal extraction circuit coupled to an output of the second filter, and a comparison circuit having a first input that receives signals from the first signal extraction circuit, a second input that receives signals from the second signal extraction circuit, and an output on which the estimated value is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Andrea Camuffo
  • Patent number: 12143251
    Abstract: Provided are a multilevel output drive circuit and method. The circuit includes: a signal selection module, configured to selectively output a signal to be transmitted of a corresponding channel according to an external input signal; a weight generation module, configured to generate weight data according to a weight of an output eye diagram, wherein the weight of the output eye diagram and the weight data are multi-bit binary data; a coefficient transfer module, configured to perform weight control on the signal to be transmitted according to the weight data and generate data containing weight information; and a weight adjustment and data outputting module, configured to perform weight adjustment and pulse amplitude modulation calculation according to weight adjustment control data, the signal to be transmitted and the data containing weight information, and generate PAM4 data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SANECHIPS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingjie Kong, Xiongjie Shen
  • Patent number: 12143247
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for reducing mode conversion associated with differential signals are disclosed. An example method includes providing a common mode dither signal between a first terminal and a second terminal associated with a differential signal, generating a correlation signal representing a correlation of the common mode dither signal and the differential signal, and selectively incrementing a first capacitive loading at the first terminal or a second capacitive loading at the second terminal based at least in part on the correlation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Aeonsemi, Inc.
    Inventor: Ky-Anh Tran
  • Patent number: 12136981
    Abstract: An integrated terrestrial/non-terrestrial network may allow for enhanced network coverage. However, there are control and management challenges associated with an integrated terrestrial/non-terrestrial network because the network and user equipments (UEs) are no longer confined to only using conventional cellular communication via terrestrial transmit-and-receive points (T-TRPs). One challenge is how to perform beam management. In some embodiments, methods and systems are disclosed in which an indication of angular direction (e.g. beam direction) is provided by the T-TRP. The indication of angular direction may be used by a UE for communicating with a non-terrestrial TRP (NT-TRP), e.g. using beamforming. However, the methods are not limited to integrated terrestrial/non-terrestrial networks or the involvement of NT-TRPs, but apply more generally to indicating angular direction for directional communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aman Jassal, Amine Maaref, Jianglei Ma
  • Patent number: 12126468
    Abstract: Switch for connecting field apparatuses and device for galvanically isolating at least one apparatus which is connectable to a 2-wire Ethernet bus system includes an uplink and a downlink PHY interface device that each have a transmitting unit and a receiving unit that has two output terminals for providing a received ternary-coded signal as differential signal, includes an uplink and a downlink signal split device that are each connected to the output terminals of an assigned receiving unit and are configured to split a ternary-coded signal provided as differential signal into two binary coded signals, and includes an uplink and a downlink optocoupler device that are each connected to an assigned signal split device and are configured to transfer two received binary-coded signals to a transmitting unit of an assigned PHY interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jens Gottron, Martin Meyer, Ivan Knjasev
  • Patent number: 12120632
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for grouping devices in a massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO)-based cellular network, in accordance with one embodiment, includes determining movement states of end devices in a cell of the massive MIMO-based cellular network, estimating payload requirements of the end devices, and grouping the end devices in a group based on the determined movement states and the estimated payload requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Utpal Mangla, Saurabh Agrawal, Dinesh C. Verma, Mathews Thomas, Sagar Tayal
  • Patent number: 12101389
    Abstract: An apparatus for synchronizing frequency to a symbol timing, the apparatus including: a master oscillator to generate a master clock signal; an interpolator to accumulate a frequency error estimate between a symbol timing frequency and the master clock signal; and a frequency controller to transfer a portion of the frequency error estimate to the master oscillator to obtain a lock between the symbol timing and the master clock signal of the master oscillator in a manner that zeros-out the frequency error estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: Neal David Becker
  • Patent number: 12095540
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for UL beam/panel selection indication. One apparatus includes a transceiver comprising a plurality of UE panels associated with one or more beams, the transceiver receiving a plurality of SSBs on at least two UE panels. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a corresponding set of UE panels from the SSBs and sends, via the transceiver, an indication of the corresponding set of UE panels from the apparatus to a RAN node using a random-access procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ali Ramadan Ali, Ankit Bhamri, Karthikeyan Ganesan, Alexander Johann Maria Golitschek Edler von Elbwart, Joachim Loehr, Prateek Basu Mallick
  • Patent number: 12088429
    Abstract: A circuit includes a first and a second memory, a processor and a timer. The processor generates a sequence of bits encoding a CAN frame and processes the sequence of bits to detect a sequence of PWM periods. The processor stores values of a first parameter of the PWM periods into the first memory, and values of a second parameter of the PWM periods into the second memory. The timer comprises a first register which reads from the first memory a value of the first parameter of a current PWM period. The timer comprises a counter which increases a count number and resets the count number as a function of the value of the first register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics Design and Application S.R.O., STMicroelectronics Application GmbH
    Inventors: Fred Rennig, Vaclav Dvorak
  • Patent number: 12081292
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woosik Cho, Kyubin Kang, Seunggil Jeon
  • Patent number: 12074656
    Abstract: A terminal includes a receiving unit that receives a reference signal for acquiring a channel state and a control unit that performs measurement related to RSRP (Reference signal received power), based on a result of receiving the reference signal, and subcarrier spacing to be applied to the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kakishima, Takuma Takada
  • Patent number: 12068903
    Abstract: Embodiments include devices and methods that improves quality in radio transmission/reception using a single-carrier scheme and/or a multi-carrier scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 12063133
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for sounding reference signal (SRS) switching are provided. In certain embodiments, a controller internal to the power amplifier module initiates a sequence of instructions, in response to a single command from UE. The instructions cause a reduction in gain of the power amplifier, and initiate a delay. The antennas switch actuates after the delay to switch from a first antenna to a second antenna. The teachings herein can be used to avoid over-power on the power amplifier and antenna switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Serge Francois Drogi, David Steven Ripley, Dominique Michel Yves Brunel
  • Patent number: 12058066
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE) from a network entity or a second UE, multiple demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) including a first set of DMRSs allocated to a first DMRS symbol and a first subset of subcarriers and a second set of DMRSs allocated to a second DMRS symbol and a second subset of subcarriers. The method also includes receiving, from the network entity or the second UE, a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) associated with the multiple DMRSs. The method further includes performing channel estimation based on the multiple DMRSs and a phase tracking process based on the multiple DMRSs and the PTRS. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ahmed Abdelaziz Ibrahim Abdelaziz Zewail, Xiaoxia Zhang, Tao Luo, Jing Sun, Zhifei Fan
  • Patent number: 12041152
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced fine timing measurement protocol negotiation. A device may identify an enhanced fine timing measurement request received from a first device, the enhanced fine timing measurement request comprising one or more information elements associated with one or more multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) parameters. The device may cause to send an enhanced fine timing measurement response to the first device. The device may identify a null data packet announcement associated with a location determination of the first device. The device may identify a null data packet received from the first device. The device may cause to send a null data packet feedback to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Segev, Benny Abramovsky, Robert Stacey
  • Patent number: 12028187
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to machine learning-based channel estimation. According to an example embodiment, a first device determines a signal quality that is expected in transmission of a reference signal from a second device to the first device and receives the reference signal from the second device. The first device selects, based on the expected signal quality, a channel estimation model from a plurality of channel estimation models that have been trained for a plurality of candidate signal qualities for the reference signal. The first device determines, using the selected channel estimation model and based on the received reference signal, channel state information of a communication channel from the first device to the second device. According to this solution, a channel estimation model is dynamically selected for use, depending on a real-time signal quality expected to be gained in transmission of a certain RS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventor: Nuan Song
  • Patent number: 12021667
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computing program is described including: receiving one or more received symbols and one or more received bits, wherein the received symbols are received at a receiver of a transmission system including a transmitter, a channel, and the receiver; converting one or more of the received bits that are deemed to be correct into one or more estimated transmission symbols; generating an estimated channel transfer function based on one or more of the estimated transmission symbols and corresponding received symbols; and providing training data pairs, each training data pair including a first element based on the estimated channel transfer function and a second element based on the corresponding received symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Stefan Wesemann, Yejian Chen, Thorsten Wild, Jafar Mohammadi
  • Patent number: 11996915
    Abstract: A precoder for precoding a vector of information symbols is provided. The precoder includes a radius determination unit configured to determine a search sphere radius, the determination of the search sphere radius comprising applying a machine learning algorithm to input data dependent on the vector of information symbols and on a predefined precoding matrix; a sphere encoding unit configured to determine a perturbation vector from lattice points found inside a spherical region by applying a sphere search-based sequential algorithm, the spherical region having as a radius the search sphere radius, and a precoding unit configured to precode the vector of information symbols using the perturbation vector and a precoding matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Institut Mines Telecom
    Inventors: Ghaya Rekaya, Aymen Askri
  • Patent number: 11990979
    Abstract: A base station for communication with a terminal station having a plurality of terminal station antennas. The base station has a plurality of directional antennas, each of the plurality of directional antennas in communication with satellites in view. The base station also has a processing device (e.g., eNodeB) to transmit each of the multiple base-station antenna signals via each of the plurality of directional antennas to satellites and/or the beams of the same satellite seen by the terminal station for retransmission to the plurality of terminal station antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: AST & Science, LLC
    Inventors: Huiwen Yao, Abel Avellan, Sriram Jayasimha, Zhi Zhong Yu