Patents Examined by Emmanuel Bayard
  • Patent number: 10965350
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device comprises a first antenna includes first antenna elements on a first planar substrate, a second antenna includes second antenna elements on a second planar substrate, an orientation of the second planar substrate being different from an orientation of the first planar substrate, and a circuit that forms a first beam pattern using the first antenna elements, forms a second beam pattern using the second antenna elements, and forms a first combined beam pattern using some of the first antenna elements and some of the second antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Koji Akita
  • Patent number: 10965331
    Abstract: An integrated circuit comprising: a substrate; a configurable tank circuit on the substrate, the configurable tank circuit including: a first pair of inductive loops driven in parallel in each of a first configuration and a second configuration, each of the inductive loops in the first pair enclosing a corresponding capacitive element connected in parallel with that inductive loop; a second pair of inductive loops driven in parallel with the first pair of loops in the second configuration, the second pair of inductive loops undriven in the first configuration; and a switch arrangement that alternately places the configurable tank circuit into either of the first and second configurations; and an oscillation driver that drives the configurable tank circuit at a tunable resonance frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nuntha Kumar Krishnasamy Maniam, Didier Margairaz, Benjamin Huat Neo
  • Patent number: 10948957
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a dynamic power estimation (DPE) unit that adapts weights in real-time are described. A system includes a processor, a DPE unit, and a power management unit (PMU). The DPE unit generates a power consumption estimate for the processor by multiplying a plurality of weights by a plurality of counter values, with each weight multiplied by a corresponding counter. The DPE unit calculates the sum of the products of the plurality of weights and plurality of counters. The accumulated sum is used as an estimate of the processor's power consumption. On a periodic basis, the estimate is compared to a current sense value to measure the error. If the error is greater than a threshold, then an on-chip learning algorithm dynamically adjust the weights. The PMU uses the power consumption estimates to keep the processor within a thermal envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent F. Chaouat, Saharsh Samir Oza, Hamza Saigol
  • Patent number: 10944465
    Abstract: We generally describe a system (100) for antenna beam selection in a radio access network. The system (100) comprises a measurement module (102) which is configured to obtain channel quality measurements of a plurality of beams usable to serve a user equipment (112) in the 5G radio access network. The system (100) further comprises a training module (104) coupled to the measurement module (102), wherein the training module (104) is configured to generate a machine learning model based on the channel quality measurements. The system (100) further comprises a prediction module (106) coupled to the training module (104), wherein the prediction module (106) is configured to receive the machine learning model from the training module (104), and select, based on the machine learning model, one of the plurality of beams used to serve the user equipment (112).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Norbert Reider, András Rácz
  • Patent number: 10944607
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a transmission signal generator which, in operation, generates a transmission signal having an aggregate physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) that includes a legacy preamble, a legacy header, a non-legacy preamble, a plurality of non-legacy headers and a plurality of data fields; and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the generated transmission signal, wherein the legacy preamble, the legacy header and the plurality of non-legacy headers are transmitted using a standard bandwidth, the non-legacy preamble and the plurality of data fields are transmitted using a variable bandwidth that is larger than the standard bandwidth and wherein a plurality of sets of each of the plurality of non-legacy headers and each of the plurality of data fields are transmitted sequentially in a time domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Huang, Hong Cheng Michael Sim, Takenori Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10917269
    Abstract: An electric system comprising communication link between a signal transmitting end and a signal receiving end, wherein, at the signal transmitting end, a number of data bits are integrated into a low frequency signal to form an integrated signal. Each data bit is transmitted as part of a symbol. Each symbol comprises a predefined number of bits encoding at least one data bit, the state of some of the bits of each symbol being dependent on the state of the low frequency symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: VACON OY
    Inventors: Petri Ylirinne, Trygve Björkgren, Stefan Strandberg
  • Patent number: 10917156
    Abstract: A method for feeding back CQI by a terminal in a wireless communication system can be provided according to one embodiment of the present specification. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, by a terminal, CQI feedback related information from a base station; triggering CQI feedback on the basis of the CQI feedback related information; and feeding back the CQI to the base station, wherein the CQI feedback related information includes information indicating a CQI feedback mechanism type, in which when the CQI feedback mechanism type indicates a first type, an encoding index is generated by a predetermined encoding rule on the basis of a group index of the terminal and the measured CQI index, and the encoding index can be fed back to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gwanmo Ku, Sangrim Lee, Hojae Lee, Sangwook Han
  • Patent number: 10911191
    Abstract: Accordingly, the invention provides a method and apparatus for managing communication operations in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system. Further the method includes generating, by a first OFDM apparatus (100), a signal comprising data and at least one of a Reference Signal (RS) and a message, the signal is generated by repeating the at least one of the RS and the message over a set of OFDM symbols using a resource mapper, performing an Inverse Fourier Transform operation (IFFT) according to a numerology of a first OFDM apparatus, adding a Cyclic Prefix (CP) to the data, and adding a block CP to the at least one of the repeated RS and the message. Further, the method includes transmitting, by the first OFDM apparatus (100), the signal to a second OFDM apparatus (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AMDRAS
    Inventors: Abhijeet Abhimanyu Masal, Priyanka Dey, Sunil Kaimalettu, Dhivagar Baskaran, Paka Venkata Sriharsha, Jeniston Deviraj Klutto Milleth, Bhaskar Ramamurthi
  • Patent number: 10911290
    Abstract: A securely pre-coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (SP-OFDM) system includes a transmitter configured to transmit a secure transmit signal through a dynamic constellation and a receiver configured to recover the original signal from the received secure transmit signal. It is aimed to reinforce the physical layer security of wireless communications under hostile interference. Potential applications include 4G and 5G communication systems, ASTC3.0 HDTV systems, WiFi systems, and any future wireless systems that utilize OFDM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Tongtong Li, Jian Ren, Yuan Liang
  • Patent number: 10911094
    Abstract: An array of one or more integrated circuits includes at least one local input port to receive a chirp signal from a local generator; one or more primary input ports to each receive a respective chirp signal from a remote source; a primary switch arrangement operable to switch between the chirp signals from the at least one local input port and the one or more primary input ports to produce a composite signal having a chirp sequence with at least one chirp that begins during a settling period of a previous chirp; and one or more primary output ports to supply a local oscillator signal to a transmitter and a receiver based on the composite signal. The roles of master circuit and follower circuit can change during operation of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Heller, Danny Elad, Oded Katz, Michael Grubman, Benny Sheinman, Dan Corcos
  • Patent number: 10911128
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to techniques for beam discovery and beamforming in wireless communications (e.g., 5th Generation (5G) New Radio (NR)). In an aspect, a method related to signaling for channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs) in wireless communications is provided. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a CSI-RS beam of a set of CSI-RS beams, and the CSI-RS beam includes a change indication message. The method further includes determining, by the UE, whether the set of CSI-RS beams have changed based on a value of the change indication message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Juergen Cezanne, Tianyang Bai, Sundar Subramanian, Vasanthan Raghavan, Ashwin Sampath
  • Patent number: 10904156
    Abstract: A method to detect a packet includes: receiving an input sequence including preambles; detecting a transition from a noise period to a signal period in the input sequence; dynamically adjusting a gain of the input sequence in response to the signal period being initiated; and distinguishing an intended packet from other packets, among packets received in the preambles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ashutosh Deepak Gore, Sujit Jos, Jinesh P. Nair, Chang Soon Park, Kiran Bynam, Young Jun Hong
  • Patent number: 10897317
    Abstract: According to methods of performing measurements to determine a distance to a passive-intermodulation (“PIM”) source, a first RF signal comprising a first frequency and a second RF signal comprising a second frequency may be applied to a device under test. A reference signal comprising a higher-order intermodulation-product of the first frequency and the second frequency may also be generated. An output signal from the device under test and the reference signal may be digitized and a calibration measurement may be applied. A phase difference between the device under test output and the reference signal may be determined. A plurality of phase differences may be determined for multiple first frequencies, and from the plurality of phase differences, a delay may be calculated, which may be multiplied by the velocity of propagation on the medium connecting the device under test to the test equipment to determine a distance to the PIM source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: George P. Vella-Coleiro, XiaoHua Hou
  • Patent number: 10892794
    Abstract: A multi-channel transmission device is provided. The multi-channel transmission device includes a clock generator and a plurality of transmitters. The clock generator generates input clocks. The transmitters operate based on spread spectrum clocks respectively. Each of the transmitters comprises a phase rotator. The phase rotator provides a selection signal and an interpolation signal of multiple bits. The phase rotator selects two of the input clocks as a first selected input clock and a second selected input clock according to the selection signal, and generate a spread spectrum clock according to the interpolation signal, the first selected input clock and the second selected input clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Chung T. Chen, Chia-Hsiang Chang, Wen-Lung Tu
  • Patent number: 10892806
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned communication over multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy James O'Shea, Tugba Erpek
  • Patent number: 10886972
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system for determining from one or more conditions a range of energy that can be obtained from a transmission medium to power the first waveguide system, selecting according to the range of energy a group of components of a plurality of selectable components of the first waveguide system, and enabling the group of components and powering down a remainder of the plurality of selectable components, wherein the group of components facilitates an exchange of electromagnetic waves between the first waveguide system and a second waveguide system via the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Giovanni Vannucci, Paul Shala Henry, Thomas M. Willis, III, Irwin Gerszberg, Donald J. Barnickel
  • Patent number: 10880147
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a receiver and a decoder. The receiver includes a plurality of antenna elements and, in operation, receives from a base station apparatus a modulated signal mapped to one of a plurality of subframes defined in a frame corresponding to a communicable range to which the communication apparatus belongs. The plurality of subframes are defined by time-division, frequency-division, or time-and-frequency division of the frame. A maximum number of modulated signals that can be simultaneously transmitted in a subframe from the base station apparatus varies depending on the communicable range. The decoder, in operation, decodes the received modulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventor: Yutaka Murakami
  • Patent number: 10880132
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for distortion cancellation by receiving a collided signal, the collided signal comprising a plurality of signals that each carry a corresponding packet; for a first signal of the plurality of signals that includes a first packet: amplifying and digitizing the collided signal into a first digital signal at a first gain; and decoding the first packet from the first digital signal; for each signal of the plurality of signals other than the first signal, carrying a given packet: estimating a given linear interference component and a given nonlinear interference component of one or more prior packets to the given packet on the collided signal; removing the given linear interference component and the given nonlinear interference component from the collided signal to produce a given de-interfered signal; and decoding the given packet of the plurality of packets from the given de-interfered signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Khashayar Mirfakhraei, Ardalan Alizadeh, Xu Zhang, Daniel J. Lyons, Gautam D. Bhanage, Brian D. Hart
  • Patent number: 10862665
    Abstract: A method and device for transmitting data reliably to at least one item of equipment is provided, wherein: from its initial clock H1, an item of equipment generates at least one first clock H1U from a rising edge of the initial clock H1 with a frequency F1U and a second clock H1D from a falling edge of the initial clock H1, with a frequency F1D, the item of equipment: reads the received data using at least one first rising edge of H1U and one falling edge consecutive to the first rising edge of H1U, then reads the received data using a first rising edge of H1D and a falling edge consecutive to the first rising edge of H1D, the four clock edges used being consecutive by 2F1, decodes at least the four messages using an error-correcting code, when at least one decoded message is correct, it uses the information contained in this message to drive a device linked to said item of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Damián Andrade Alfonseca, Tony Teixeira, Stéphane Guguen
  • Patent number: 10855345
    Abstract: Various aspects of the technology described herein are directed towards a generalized beam management framework in which beam management takes into account interference to steer a beam. Aspects comprise configuring a report request comprising a resource setting with channel state information-reference signal resource data and an associated report setting with parameter data corresponding to the one or more channel state information-reference signal resources. The report request is configured to instruct a user equipment device to include interference information when performing user equipment device beam management and reporting. Upon receiving the report request, the user equipment performs a beam measurement operation that includes interference information when generating the beam management report sent to the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Salam Akoum, Xiaoyi Wang, Arunabha Ghosh, Thomas Novlan