Patents Examined by Junpeng Chen
  • Patent number: 10854945
    Abstract: Circuits for wireless communication on multiple frequency bands are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, transceivers are provided, the transceivers comprising: a first quadrature hybrid having a first in port, a first iso port, a first cpl port, and a first thru port; an antenna coupled to the first in port; a first transmitter having an output coupled to the first cpl port; and a first receiver having an input coupled to the first cpl port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Jianxun Zhu, Peter R. Kinget
  • Patent number: 10855321
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided. One device includes an antenna, a microcontroller, and a power source. The power source configured to generate power in response to ambient energy received at a first frequency during a cycle of energy harvesting using the antenna. The power is transferred to a power storage cell such that when the power storage cell has an amount of power the microcontroller of the device processes at least a part of a processing task to be sent to an end node, and a result of processing of said at least said part of the processing task is stored. During one or more additional cycles of energy harvesting, using generated power to process one or more additional parts of the processing task to assemble a payload or process a wireless transmission of the payload. The wireless transmission of the payload is sent over a second frequency to the end node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventors: Gary M. Zalewski, Albert S. Penilla
  • Patent number: 10848253
    Abstract: A communication link analysis system is for analyzing communication link performance for an unmanned aviation system traveling over a route using a radio network comprising a plurality of radio nodes. The communication link analysis system includes a memory for storing quality parameters associated with communication links between the unmanned aviation system and the radio nodes. The communication link analysis system also includes a processor configured to map the quality parameters by location along the route or provide a bin chart of the quality parameter by radio node. The quality parameter is derived from radio link parameters provided by the unmanned aviation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Liberko, Brian R. Wolford, Daniel K. Snodgrass, Boe A. Svatek, Kevin M. McElroy, Kevin M. Kronfeld
  • Patent number: 10848108
    Abstract: A power amplifier (20) for a transmitter circuit (10) is disclosed. The power amplifier (20) comprises at least one field-effect transistor (100, 100n, 100p) having a gate terminal (110, 110n, 110p) and a bulk terminal (120, 120n, 120p), wherein the at least one field-effect transistor (100, 100n, 100n) is configured to receive an input voltage at the gate terminal (110, 110p, 110n) and a dynamic bias voltage at the bulk terminal (120, 120n, 120p). Furthermore, the power amplifier (20) comprises a bias-voltage generation circuit (130). The input voltage is a linear function of an input signal. The bias-voltage generation circuit (130) is configured to generate the dynamic bias voltage as a nonlinear function of an envelope of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Christian Elgaard, Stefan Andersson, Andreas Axholt, Imad ud Din
  • Patent number: 10848192
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided. One device includes persistent memory, a microcontroller and a power source configured to generate power in response to ambient energy received at a first frequency during a cycle of energy harvesting. The power is transferred to a power storage cell such that when the power storage cell has an amount of power the microcontroller performs processing. The microcontroller selects and runs code routines based on the power available and stores associated state data into the persistent memory. During one or more additional cycles of energy harvesting, the device uses the generated power to retrieve state data from persistent memory and continue processing. The processing is related to assembling a payload and to process a wireless transmission of a payload over a second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Gary M. Zalewski, Albert S. Penilla
  • Patent number: 10840596
    Abstract: A radio system supporting 2.4 GHz operation, 5 GHz operation, and dual simultaneous 2.4 GHz/5 GHz operation includes one or more radios; and a plurality of antenna systems connected to the one or more radios via a plurality of switches, wherein each of the plurality of antenna systems includes an antenna element including a first end and a second end; a terminating network connecting the first end to ground; and a matching network connecting the second end to an antenna port which is communicatively coupled to one or more radios, wherein the antenna element operates as one of a quarter wave, a half wave, based on first settings in the terminating network and the matching network, and wherein the one or more radios are selectively connected to the plurality of antenna systems based on second settings of the plurality of switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Plume Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Miroslav Samardzija, Brian Nam, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo, William McFarland
  • Patent number: 10833724
    Abstract: Feed networks and methods of using the same to achieve high levels of self-interference cancellation (SIC) in Simultaneous Transmit and Receive (STAR) systems are provided. SIC at the antenna feed network alone can be as high as 100 dB. This can be done by employing entirely low-cost, low-profile passive circuits. The feed network creates a perfect anti-phase path that cancels the high power self-interference signal at the receive port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Satheesh Bojja Venkatakrishnan, John L. Volakis
  • Patent number: 10827048
    Abstract: A card tray opening/closing mechanism, used for shifting a card in or out of a slot of a mobile phone body. The card tray opening/closing mechanism comprises a transmission assembly and a micro motor; the micro motor is fixedly connected in the mobile phone body, and is used for communicationally connecting to the mobile phone body. The micro motor is connected to the transmission assembly; the transmission assembly is used for connecting to the card tray body; and the micro motor can shift the card tray body in or out of the slot by means of the transmission assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG EVERWIN PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haihua Peng
  • Patent number: 10819382
    Abstract: A transceiver circuit includes a first port and second port configured to be coupled to a first and second transmission channel, respectively; a supply port configured to receive a supply voltage; a first transceiver and a second transceiver having signal ports connected to the first port and second port, respectively; and a control circuit coupled to the first and second transceivers. Each of the first and second transceivers is connected to the supply port. At least one of the first and second transceivers includes a first half-bridge and a second half-bridge connected to the supply port and to the signal port at least one of the first and second transceivers, and a transceiver output circuit configured to generate a transceiver output signal based on a voltages across a low-side switches of the first and second half-bridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventor: Clemens Kain
  • Patent number: 10820180
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided using RFID devices to assist in determining an open status of a container. For example, a first RFID tag is fixed to a first portion of the container and a second RFID tag is fixed to a second portion of the container. Upon a user action to at least partially open the container, the first and second portions will move relative to each other, such that one or more of the RFID tags will no longer be readable by a receiver circuit proximate the container or will now be readable by the receiver circuit. The reading or cessation of reading of one or more RFID tags indicates at least one open status of the container. In some embodiments, the open status is at least one of an unsealing confirmation, an open motion initiation status, an open motion confirmation, a partial open status and a fully open status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventor: Bruce W. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 10812023
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are circuits, devices and methods that address challenges associated with power amplifier systems. A power amplifier system includes two or more fast error amplifiers coupled to corresponding power amplifiers. The fast error amplifiers are configured to generate envelope tracking signals based on a signal envelope, the envelope tracking signals modifying a DC-DC regulated voltage from a DC-DC converter to more efficiently operate the power amplifiers. By splitting the envelope tracking between two or more fast error amplifiers and amplification between corresponding two or more power amplifiers, the power, frequency or bandwidth, linearity, signal-to-noise ratio, efficiency, or the like of the power amplifier system can be improved. Wireless communications configurations with such power amplifier systems can provide uplink carrier aggregation and/or cellular signals based on standards and protocols that require increased bandwidth and/or power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Florinel G. Balteanu, Serge Francois Drogi, Boshi Jin, Paul T. DiCarlo
  • Patent number: 10812643
    Abstract: A case for a mobile device includes a cover defining a cavity for receiving and holding the mobile device; an adapter disposed at least partially within the cover; and a light arrangement disposed within or adjacent to the cover. The adapter includes first contacts disposed on an exterior of the case, a male plug extending into the cavity for insertion into a female socket of the mobile device, and second contacts disposed on the male plug and electrically coupled to the first contacts. The light arrangement includes a light and a light actuator for manually turning the light on or off. The light is electrically coupled to at least one of the first contacts or the second contacts to obtain power from the mobile device received in the cover or from an external device electrically coupled to the first contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: NATIONAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Carnevali, Scott Anderson
  • Patent number: 10811765
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing configured to mount at least a part of an external device operating 5th generation (5G) mobile communication, a support member connected to one region of the housing to support wearing of the electronic device with respect to one region of a user's body, a second antenna module disposed in a first region of the housing adjacent to a first antenna module among at least one antenna module included in the external device to face at least a part of the first antenna module, at least one third antenna module disposed in at least one of a second region of the housing or a third region of the support member, and at least one conductive member electrically connecting between the second antenna module and the at least one third antenna module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeyoung Huh, Seunggil Jeon, Sunghoon Moon, Kyungwoo Lee, Sungchul Park
  • Patent number: 10804945
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes apparatuses and methods for dynamic interference cancellation in wireless receivers. In some aspects, a signal vector transmitted through a wireless environment is received via multiple antennas of a receiver, the signal vector affected by interfering signals in the wireless environment. The receiver determines an interference channel matrix for the signal vector based on the interference received with the signal vector and selects, from the interference channel matrix, columns of the interference channel matrix to form a noise-cancelling equalization matrix. The receiver then equalizes the signal vector with the noise-cancelling equalization matrix to remove a portion of interference from the signal vector to provide noise-cancelled equalized values of the signal vector for decoding. By so doing, the receiver may reduce effects of interference of the wireless environment (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: B Hari Ram, Lokesh Sundaramurthy Satrasala, Sudhir Srinivasa, Hongyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10804911
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided to generate a radio frequency (RF) signal having a desired radio frequency fRF. In one example a frequency synthesizer system includes a clock, an opportunistic phase locked loop (PLL), and an RF PLL. The clock circuitry is configured to generate a clock signal having a frequency fXTL. The opportunistic phase locked loop (PLL) is configured to generate a reference signal having a reference frequency fREF that is close to a free-running frequency of an oscillator in the opportunistic PLL. The opportunistic PLL is configured to synchronize the reference signal to the clock signal. The RF PLL is configured to generate the RF signal having the desired radio frequency and to synchronize the RF signal with the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gil Horovitz, Sharon Malevsky, Evgeny Shumaker, Igal Kushnir
  • Patent number: 10804946
    Abstract: A low-power wake-up receiver. The receiver includes a transformer/filter resonating at a pre-selected frequency to realize passive RF voltage gain. A pseudo-balun envelope detector is coupled to an output of the transformer filter. A comparator or other quantizer is coupled to an output of the active pseudo-balun envelope detector (ED) for comparing the ED output to a comparison threshold voltage. The pseudo-balun envelop detector can be an active detector. The pseudo-balun detector can also be a passive detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventors: Po-Han Wang, Haowei Jiang, Drew Hall, Patrick Mercier
  • Patent number: 10805013
    Abstract: A linear array of underwater radio frequency (RF) antennas is implemented, which emit surface electromagnetic waves propagating along either water-air or water-seafloor interface. The phase difference ?? between neighboring antennas defines the overall beam direction, while the so-formed directional beam intensity remains almost constant near the antenna array due to the largely two-dimensional character of beam propagation. By adjusting the phase difference ??, the narrow two-dimensional surface beam may be sent in any direction over 360°, thus enabling targeted RF communication with any desired object located near the said interface. An impedance matching enclosure filled with an impedance matching fluid may also be utilized surrounding the antennas to reduce antenna dimensions and improve coupling of electromagnetic energy to the surrounding salt water medium, thereby improving underwater radio communication performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SALTENNA LLC
    Inventor: Igor Smolyaninov
  • Patent number: 10785623
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for priority handling for ProSe Communications. A relay wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may act as a relay between the network and the remote WTRU. The relay WTRU may receive a temporary mobile group identity (TMGI) request message from a remote WTRU. The TMGI request message may include a TMGI, a ProSe per packet priority level associated with the TMGI, etc. The relay WTRU may receive an evolved multimedia broadcast multicast service (eMBMS) data packet from a network. The eMBMS may be associated with the TMGI. The relay WTRU may apply the received ProSe per packet priority level associated with the TMGI to the received eMBMS data packet. The relay WTRU may relay the eMBMS data packet to the remote WTRU based on the ProSe per packet priority level. The relay WTRU may forward the eMBMS data packet to the remote WTRU via a PC5 interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Watfa, Guanzhou Wang, Saad Ahmad, Amir Helmy, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez
  • Patent number: 10779140
    Abstract: A vehicle communication apparatus includes a plurality of remote units (RUs) configured to transmit signals to a mobile communication network and to receive signals from the mobile communication network, and a central unit (CU) configured to provide data based on the signals received through the plurality of remote units to one or more devices located in a vehicle. The plurality of remote units includes an array antenna attached to a body of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Heejin Kim, Jiwon Kang, Sunam Kim, Hanbyul Seo, Sangwook Lee
  • Patent number: 10778347
    Abstract: A vehicle communication apparatus includes a plurality of remote units (RUs) configured to transmit signals to a mobile communication network and to receive signals from the mobile communication network, and a central unit (CU) configured to provide data based on the signals received through the plurality of remote units to one or more devices located in a vehicle. The plurality of remote units includes an array antenna attached to a body of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Heejin Kim, Jiwon Kang, Sunam Kim, Hanbyul Seo, Sangwook Lee