Patents Examined by Pablo N. Tran
  • Patent number: 10673514
    Abstract: A communication device, method, and computer program product provide configuring, by a controller, a switching matrix of a radio frequency (RF) frontend of the communication device to a receive antenna tuning mode. The receive antenna tuning mode communicatively couples a transmitter to a first receive antenna of one or more receive antennas. A reference signal is transmitted using the first receive antenna at a selected transmit power level setting of the transmitter. A feedback receiver measures magnitude and phase values of both a forward coupled transmission signal and a reverse coupled reflection signal of the reference signal. An impedance value of the first receive antenna is determined based on the measured magnitude and phase values and the reference signal transmitted at the selected transmit power level setting. The first receive antenna is tuned by an antenna tuning module using the impedance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventor: Armin Klomsdorf
  • Patent number: 10658733
    Abstract: A mobile terminal can include a terminal body having a display unit disposed on one surface thereof; a frame supporting the display unit; a metal member spaced apart from the frame and exposed to an outside of the mobile terminal; a plurality of connecting members connecting the metal member to the frame and grounding the metal member; and an antenna unit disposed adjacent to the frame and including a radiator configured to radiate wireless signals in a first frequency band, in which the metal member is divided into specific areas by the plurality of connecting members, and one area located adjacent to the radiator, is configured to generate a parasitic resonance at a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and the plurality of connecting members connected to the metal member are spaced apart from one another at different intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youngjoon Lee, Taemin Kwon, Sangmo Kim, Sooho Bang, Geunsu Lee, Kyujin Choi, Baekbong Pyo, Changho Hong
  • Patent number: 10651802
    Abstract: Envelope trackers providing compensation for power amplifier output load variation are provided herein. In certain configurations, a radio frequency (RF) system includes an antenna, a power amplifier that receives a radio frequency signal and outputs an amplified radio frequency signal to the antenna, a plurality of detectors coupled to the power amplifier and operable to generate a plurality of detection signals, and an envelope tracker that controls a supply voltage of the power amplifier based on an envelope of the radio frequency signal. The envelope tracker processes the plurality of detection signals to generate a load variation detection signal indicating a change in an output load of the power amplifier arising from a change in a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of the antenna. Additionally, the envelope tracker adjusts a gain of the power amplifier based on the load variation detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Sabah Khesbak, Serge Francois Drogi
  • Patent number: 10651920
    Abstract: An antenna system comprises a plurality of antenna elements arranged asymmetrically in an antenna array. Each antenna element in the antenna system includes one or more first terminals that receive a vertically polarized wireless signal and one or more second terminals that receive horizontally a polarized wireless signal. The antenna system further comprises a processing circuit that combines the vertically polarized signal and the horizontally polarized signal using a combiner after applying a 90-degree phase shift to the vertically polarized signal or the horizontally polarized signal to obtain a left-hand circularly polarized (LHCP) signal or a right-hand circularly polarized (RHCP) signal. The antenna system is configured to steer a beam of the antenna array to best antenna pattern. The plurality of antenna elements are asymmetrically positioned and asymmetrically oriented in the antenna array to provide tunability to each antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CTH Lending Company, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Struhsaker, Paul Posner, Ali Saheb Pasand, Amir Keyvan Khandani
  • Patent number: 10652059
    Abstract: A master gateway operable in a wireless system is provided. The master gateway includes a plurality of receivers configured to wirelessly communicate over the mission critical wireless link system with a plurality of devices; a processing circuitry coupled to the plurality of receivers; and a memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, configure the processing circuitry to at least control the operation of the plurality of receivers, such that at least one of the plurality of receivers is configured to receive a plurality of transmissions from the plurality of devices in succession wherein a guard time between transmissions is significantly smaller than a processing time of a receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CORETIGO, LTD.
    Inventors: Ofer Blonskey, Eran Zigman, Dan Wolberg
  • Patent number: 10644734
    Abstract: A method of selecting an intermediate frequency, IF, for use with a low-IF receiver, the method comprising determining a first frequency as the central frequency of the system bandwidth of the communication scheme used by the low-IF receiver, determining a second frequency as the central frequency of the bandwidth of the wanted signal to be received, selecting the sign of the IF to be used based on the first and second frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SEQUANS COMMUNICATIONS S.A.
    Inventors: Serguei Burykh, Thomas Winiecki, Serdar Sezginer, Krzysztof Walczak
  • Patent number: 10637976
    Abstract: A housing for a mobile terminal, a method for manufacturing the housing, and a mobile terminal having the housing are provided. The housing includes a substrate made of metal, at least one slot penetrating through the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a filling layer received in the at least one slot. The filling layer includes an insulating sub-layer and a printed sub-layer located on the insulating sub-layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Li, Guangming Yang, Qingguo Gong
  • Patent number: 10637525
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless device capable of supporting both of TDD and FDD wireless communications with a simple configuration. The wireless device includes a transmitter that transmits a signal of a first frequency; a DPD receiver that receives signals of the first frequency; a receiver that receives signals of a second frequency; a duplexer having a first filter having passband characteristics in the first frequency band and a second filter having passband characteristics in the second frequency band; and a circulator that splits the signal from the transmitter to output the split signals to the duplexer and the DPD receiver, and outputs a reception signal from the duplexer to the DPD receiver. The duplexer is connected to the circulator on the first filter side and to the receiver on the second filter side, and uses the DPD receiver for FDD and TDD transmission feedback and for TDD reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Terufumi Nagano, Hideaki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10630073
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wireless power receiving device, a wireless power supply device, and a wireless power transmission system. The wireless power receiving device includes: a conversion unit that converts an alternative magnetic field into a reception voltage that has a voltage value corresponding to an amplitude of the alternative magnetic field; a power receiving circuit that generates a stabilized voltage with a fixed voltage value based on the reception voltage, and outputs an output voltage corresponding to the stabilized voltage via an output line; and a communication circuit that receives the stabilized voltage as a power-supply voltage to perform the data communication; the power receiving circuit includes a protection circuit that restricts an upper limit of the reception voltage to a first voltage value in the communication mode, and restricts the upper limit to a second voltage value higher than the first voltage value in the power supply mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Taya
  • Patent number: 10615687
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a direct current (DC)-DC converter associated with a radio frequency transceiver, which includes a transceiver capacitor. The disclosed DC-DC converter includes a battery terminal configured to provide a battery voltage, a charge pump coupled to the battery terminal and configured to provide a boosted voltage based on the battery voltage, a power inductor is coupled between the charge pump and the transceiver capacitor, and fast voltage charging circuitry with a fast-path block that is coupled between the charge pump and the transceiver capacitor. Herein, the transceiver capacitor is capable to be charged with the boosted voltage through the power inductor. The fast-path block is parallel with the power inductor and configured to provide an extra charging path to the transceiver capacitor, so as to accelerate a charging speed of the transceiver capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Nadim Khlat
  • Patent number: 10615950
    Abstract: A tunable filter reduces the total number of filters used in TDD (Time-Division Duplex) communication circuitry. The communication circuitry may include a tunable filter and a first switch associated with the tunable filter. The tunable filter may include a tuning component and a filtering component. The tuning component may be located with the first switch on a first die. The filtering component may be located in a laminate underneath the first switch. Power amplifiers for amplifying transmission signals may be located on a second die, and the second die may be located on the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Nadim Khlat
  • Patent number: 10608684
    Abstract: A method for decreasing multi-path interference, for a vehicle radio receiver including at least two radio reception antennas that each receive a plurality of radio signals composed of time-shifted radio signals resulting from a multi-path effect. The plurality of radio signals combined to deliver a combined radio signal ys to be played, with: yn=WnT[G1,nS, X1,n+G2,nS, X2,n] at time n, where x1 and x2 are vectors the components of which correspond to the plurality of signals received by the first antenna and by the second antenna, respectively, G1,nS and G2,nS are scalars the components of which are the complex weights of a spatial filter and wnT is the transpose matrix of a vector the components of which are the complex weights of a temporal filter. The method includes implementation of an iterative adaptation algorithm to determine the complex weights of the spatial filter and the complex weights of the temporal filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Continenta Automotive France, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Chao Lin, Gérald Soulier
  • Patent number: 10608683
    Abstract: A method for decreasing multi-path interference, for the implementation thereof in a vehicle radio receiver including a radio reception antenna that receives a plurality of radio signals corresponding to an emitted radio signal, the plurality of signals received by the antenna being composed of time-shifted radio signals, the plurality of signals being intended to be combined in order to deliver a combined radio signal zn to be played, with zn=WnTYn, the method aiming to determine the complex components of the vector of complex weights and including: introducing a temporal correlation, between the real and imaginary parts of the complex weights, that is dependent on the time shift between said received signals, by the expression of the complex weights in polar coordinates, implementing an iterative adaptation algorithm in order to determine the gains and delays of said complex weights able to keep constant over time the modulus of zn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Continental Automotive France, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Gérald Soulier, Chao Lin
  • Patent number: 10608759
    Abstract: A method for detecting co-channel interference in a frequency-modulated multiplexed radio signal, the method including verifying that the multiplexed radio signal has a symmetric passband; detecting and counting a plurality of positive noise peaks and a plurality of negative noise peaks in the multiplexed radio signal during a predetermined measurement duration; calculating a rate of positive or negative noise peaks among the plurality of peaks; and determining a score characteristic of a probability that co-channel interference exists in the multiplexed radio signal on the basis of the rate of positive or negative noise peaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Continental Automotive France, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Chao Lin
  • Patent number: 10602376
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a communication device includes an antenna array configured to receive first millimeter wave (MMW) signals from a remote device in a millimeter wave (MMW) frequency band and to transmit second millimeter wave (MMW) signals to the remote device in the MMW frequency band. A base transceiver station is configured to generate a consolidated steering matrix in accordance in a radio frequency (RF) band based on a consolidated feedback matrix in accordance with the RF band, wherein the MMW frequency band is above the RF band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Giovanni Vannucci, Paul Shala Henry, Thomas M. Willis, III
  • Patent number: 10574276
    Abstract: A method for wireless communication by a wireless communication device is described. The wireless communication device determines that an aggressor radio in the wireless communication device is causing (or can potentially cause) self-jamming to a victim radio in the wireless communication device. A precoding configuration is selected based on one or more link throughput metrics and one or more self-jamming metrics. The precoding configuration is applied to transmissions of the aggressor radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Taesang Yoo, Roberto Rimini, Richard Neil Braithwaite, Jibing Wang
  • Patent number: 10568221
    Abstract: A housing, a method for manufacturing an antenna, and a mobile terminal having the housing are provided. The housing includes a substrate at least including a metal area, a slot defined in the metal area of the substrate and penetrating through the substrate, and a filling layer received in the slot and including an insulating layer and a paint layer on the insulating layer. The paint layer has a width which is 0.02-0.06 mm larger than that of the insulating layer. An outer surface of the paint layer and an outer surface of the substrate have a same color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Li, Guangming Yang, Qingguo Gong
  • Patent number: 10567019
    Abstract: A method for attenuating electromagnetic interference in an AM radio signal received by a radio receiver, so as to produce a filtered radio signal Zn defined by Zn=WnTYn at the time n, where Yn is a vector the components of which correspond to the radio signal received by a first antenna and to a second signal received by a second antenna connected to the source of interference, respectively, and Wn is a vector the components of which correspond to the complex coefficients of an impulse response filter, with: Zn=w1,n·y1,n+w2,n·y2,n, by the introduction of a correlation between the real and imaginary parts of the complex coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Continental Automotive France, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Grégoire Hivert
  • Patent number: 10560157
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first communication apparatus including a first antenna and a second antenna, a second communication apparatus including a third antenna and a fourth antenna, a first communication control unit that controls wireless communication based on electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling between the first antenna and the third antenna, and a second communication control unit that controls wireless communication based on electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling between the second antenna and the fourth antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Yukimasa, Tadashi Eguchi, Hitoshi Asai
  • Patent number: 10554245
    Abstract: A telecommunications system may include a distortion cancellation subsystem for use with a circulator device coupling an antenna to a transmit path and a receive path. The distortion cancellation subsystem may include a correction circuit and a cancellation circuit. In some aspects, the correction circuit may include a processing device or adaptive filter to correct imperfections in transmit signal samples generated by directional couplers. The correction circuit may also include a summing device to remove receive signal components from the transmit signal samples. The cancellation circuit may receive the output signal of the correction circuit via an adaptive filter. The output of the adaptive filter may be summed with a receive signal to minimize distortion of the receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Andrew Wireless Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Charles B. Morrison, Gregory Allan Maca