Patents Examined by Pablo N. Tran
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Patent number: 11172110Abstract: According to some embodiments, a portable electronic device is described. The portable electronic device includes a housing member defining an external sidewall, a first glass cover and a second glass cover, where the second glass cover includes a first region having a first exterior surface, a second region having a second exterior surface vertically displaced from the first exterior surface, where the second region includes a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening, and a transition region having an exterior surface that extends between the first exterior surface to the second exterior surface. The portable electronic device further includes a first camera module disposed within the first opening, a second camera module disposed within the second opening, a strobe module disposed within the third opening, and a trim structure having an edge that overlays the second region of the second glass cover.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jody R. Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: 11171680Abstract: The radio equipment automatic redundant architecture comprises a plurality of Point of Interface units provided with: a Slave port able to receive a link; at least a Master port able to forward the link incoming in the Slave port; at least a Redundant port with same Slave port capabilities; wherein a first Point of Interface unit has the Slave port connected to a corresponding first Master port of a radio base station or similar device and the Master port connected to a Slave port of one of the others Point of Interface units, a second Point of Interface unit has the Redundant port connected to a corresponding second Master port of the radio base station or similar device and the Master port connected to a Redundant port of one of the others Point of Interface units.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Teko Telecom S.r.l.Inventors: Massimo Notargiacomo, Roberto Orlandini, Giovanni Chiurco, Giulio Gabelli, Flavia Martelli, Giuseppe Soloperto
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Patent number: 11171729Abstract: Disclosed is a tag apparatus for attaching things based on human body communication, including: a tag main body for human body communication configured to be attached to a thing to transmit identification information on a thing to a human body communication receiving device through human body communication during the contact of the human body with the thing; a case configured to protect the tag main body for human body communication; and a thing attachment portion configured to be exposed to an outside of the case to be attached to a particular part of the thing, detect when the human body contacts or approaches the thing, and forms a human body communication channel to output identification information on the thing.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: DNX CO., LTD.Inventor: Eun Kyeong Kwon
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Patent number: 11139558Abstract: A portable communication device includes a processor positioned in a first printed circuit board; a communication circuit; and an antenna module. The antenna module includes a second printed circuit board; a first antenna and a second antenna positioned in the second printed circuit board; a first transmission-reception circuit positioned in the second printed circuit board. The first transmission-reception circuit comprises a power amplifier for amplifying a signal to be transmitted through the first antenna, and a first low noise amplifier for amplifying a signal received through the first antenna. The power amplifier forms a portion of a transmission path electrically connected with the communication circuit and the first antenna. The first low noise amplifier forms a portion of a first reception path electrically connected with the communication circuit and the first antenna.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Inventors: Namjun Cho, Hyoseok Na, Yousung Lee
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Patent number: 11128326Abstract: A digital radio-frequency (RF) circuitry is disclosed. In one aspect, the circuitry includes a digitally controlled amplifier configured to receive an RF input signal and a digital control signal, and to output an amplitude controlled output signal. The digitally controlled amplifier includes one or more common-source amplifying unit cells. A respective common-source amplifying unit cell includes a sources node connected to a switching circuitry controllable by the digital control signal so as to activate or deactivate the common-source amplifying unit cell. The switching circuitry comprises a first switch configured to connect the source node with a first power supply node and a second switch configured to connect the source node with a second power supply node when activating and deactivating, respectively, the common-source amplifying unit cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: IMEC vzw, Vrije Universiteit BrasselInventors: Johan Nguyen, Khaled Khalaf, Pierre Wambacq, Jan Craninckx
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Patent number: 11115076Abstract: A transceiver assembly includes a radio frequency (RF) transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals, and a transceiver controller operatively coupled with the transceiver via a transmit path and a receive path. A power amplifier disposed along the transmit path is configured to amplify RF signals for transmission by the transceiver. A power detection line is configured to provide power control feedback to the transceiver controller indicating an amplitude of current flowing from the power amplifier to the transceiver. A directionally-specific protection element disposed along the power detection line is configured to allow the power control feedback to flow to the transceiver controller over the power detection line in a first direction, while preventing at least some electrical noise originating from the transceiver controller from flowing through the power detection line in a second direction, thereby preventing the electrical noise from entering the receive path.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Siamak Varnamkhasti
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Patent number: 11103420Abstract: A medical device (100) comprises a container receiver unit (110) configured to receive and hold a container (120), wherein the container (120) accommodates a pharmaceutical product (125) and comprises a first communication tag (130) configured to store information regarding the pharmaceutical product (125), a reader unit (140) configured to wirelessly read the information from the first communication tag (130), and a control unit (150) configured to control the medical device (100) based on the information read from the first communication tag (130). The medical device (100) further comprises an opening or a transparent window (165) allowing to at least partially see from the outside the container (120) inserted into the container receiver unit (110), wherein the reader unit (140) comprises a first antenna unit (142, 144), and the container (120) inserted into the container receiver unit (110) is located between (i) the opening or the transparent window (165) and (ii) the first antenna unit (142, 144).Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: NOVARTIS AGInventors: Alain Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant, Chinmay Deodhar, Rajan Patel, Samuel Coendet, Vivek Gajera, Prakash Parmar
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Patent number: 11108157Abstract: An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate and a radiation element disposed on the dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate includes a flat portion (131) and a flat portion (130) having mutually different normal directions, and a bent portion connecting the flat portion (131) and the flat portion (130) to each other. The flat portion (131) has a protruding portion partially protruding in a direction toward the flat portion (130) along the flat portion (131) from a boundary portion between the bent portion and the flat portion (131). The flat portion (131) and the bent portion are connected to each other at a position where the protruding portion is not provided in the flat portion (131). At least a part of the radiation element is disposed on the protruding portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Michiharu Yokoyama
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Patent number: 11108420Abstract: A receiver includes one or more mixers configured to sample an input analog signal at a plurality of discrete points in time to obtain a discrete-time sampled signal based on a local oscillating signal provided by a local oscillator; and a sample reordering circuit coupled to the one or more mixers and configured to reorder a sequence of samples received from the one or more mixers.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: u-blox AGInventors: Norman Beamish, Mici McCullagh
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Patent number: 11101870Abstract: A method for communication processing includes determining a confidence level of an antenna system of a mobile device based on a measured result of the mobile device, determining a communication mode based on the confidence level, and using the communication mode for communication. The communication mode includes an antenna switching mechanism or a diversity mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Naibo Wang, Yan Wang, Ying Chen
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Patent number: 11102037Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: CoreTigo, Ltd.Inventors: Ofer Blonskey, Eran Zigman, Dan Wolberg
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Patent number: 11095334Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a baseband processor, a transceiver circuit, a front-end module, and an antenna. The front-end module may include amplifier circuitry such as a low noise amplifier for amplifying received radio-frequency signals. The amplifier circuitry is operable in a non-carrier-aggregation mode and a carrier aggregation mode. The amplifier circuitry may include an input transformer that is coupled to multiple amplifier stages such as a common gate amplifier stage, a cascode amplifier stage, and a common source amplifier stage. The common gate amplifier stage may include switches for selectively activating a set of cross-coupled capacitors to help maintain input impedance matching in the non-carrier-aggregation mode and the carrier-aggregation mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Seyed Mohammad Hossein Mohammadnezhad, Xi Yao, Aly Ismail
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Patent number: 11095169Abstract: A receiver that receives a simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) signal is provided. The receiver comprises an antenna configured to receive a SWIPT signal including a power signal and an information signal; an energy harvester configured to receive the SWIPT signal from the antenna when a communication mode is an energy harvesting (EH) mode; and an information decoder configured to receive the SWIPT signal from the antenna when the communication mode is an information decoding (ID) mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Research and Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Dong In Kim, Jong Ho Moon, Jong Jin Park, Kang Yoon Lee
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Patent number: 11070244Abstract: A monolithic integrated circuit (IC), and method of manufacturing same, that includes all RF front end or transceiver elements for a portable communication device, including a power amplifier (PA), a matching, coupling and filtering network, and an antenna switch to couple the conditioned PA signal to an antenna. An output signal sensor senses at least a voltage amplitude of the signal switched by the antenna switch, and signals a PA control circuit to limit PA output power in response to excessive values of sensed output. Stacks of multiple FETs in series to operate as a switching device may be used for implementation of the RF front end, and the method and apparatus of such stacks are claimed as subcombinations. An iClass PA architecture is described that dissipatively terminates unwanted harmonics of the PA output signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: pSemi CorporationInventors: Mark L. Burgener, James S. Cable
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Patent number: 11070241Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device comprises: an emitter; a communication circuit electrically connected to the emitter and configured to transmit or receive a signal by using the emitter; a sensor circuit electrically connected to the emitter and configured to measure a capacitance corresponding to an external object adjacent to the emitter; a frequency adjustment circuit electrically connected to the emitter and capable of adjusting a resonance frequency of the emitter; and a processor, wherein, the processor is configured to: confirm the capacitance corresponding to the external object by using the sensor circuit while performing communication with an external device by using the communication circuit; set the frequency adjustment circuit to a first mode when the capacitance falls under a specified first range, and perform the communication by using the communication circuit in a state in which the frequency adjustment circuit is set to the first mode; and set tType: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Donghyun Yoo, Chanho Park, Yongam Son, Sangha Lee, Seunghak Lee, Yunchul Yi
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Patent number: 11064436Abstract: An example of an apparatus including a memory to store training data and rules. The apparatus includes a network interface to communicate with a wireless network. The apparatus also include a network detector to detect a presence of the wireless network. The apparatus includes a machine learning engine in communication with the memory. The machine learning engine is to use the training data to generate rules to determine if the network interface is to be switched from the power-saving state to the powered state in the presence of the wireless network. The apparatus also includes a processor to switch the network interface from the power-saving state to the powered state based on the rules.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Mohit Gupta
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Patent number: 11063622Abstract: An antenna system for use with one or more media devices is provided. The antenna system includes a plurality of antenna elements. Each antenna element is associated with an independent feed element. In addition each antenna element is configured to receive a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals. Each RF signal can be associated with a UHF band or a VHF band. The antenna system can include at least one tuner and at least one switching device. The at least one switching device can be configured to selectively couple the at least one tuner to one antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements based, at least in part, on channel selection data associated with the at least one tuner.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: AVX ANTENNA, INC.Inventors: Michael Roe, Sebastian Rowson, Rowland Jones
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Patent number: 11043981Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device comprises: an emitter; a communication circuit electrically connected to the emitter and configured to transmit or receive a signal by using the emitter; a sensor circuit electrically connected to the emitter and configured to measure a capacitance corresponding to an external object adjacent to the emitter; a frequency adjustment circuit electrically connected to the emitter and capable of adjusting a resonance frequency of the emitter; and a processor, wherein, the processor is configured to: confirm the capacitance corresponding to the external object by using the sensor circuit while performing communication with an external device by using the communication circuit; set the frequency adjustment circuit to a first mode when the capacitance falls under a specified first range, and perform the communication by using the communication circuit in a state in which the frequency adjustment circuit is set to the first mode; and set tType: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Donghyun Yoo, Chanho Park, Yongam Son, Sangha Lee, Seunghak Lee, Yunchul Yi
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Patent number: 11038470Abstract: Aspects of an envelope tracking operation are described. In some aspects, as part of the envelope tracking operation, a device determines a change in a first set of power amplifier (PA) operating conditions, corresponding to a first look up table (LUT), the first LUT defined by a first LUT equation and a maximum supply voltage value. In some aspects, the device autonomously generates a second LUT equation to define a second LUT, having a second set of corresponding PA operating conditions. In some aspects, the device selects values from the first LUT equation, estimates a slope of the second LUT equation, determines an intercept with a maximum power value, and adjusts a supply voltage input for the PA to a supply voltage according to the maximum power value.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventor: George Norris
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Patent number: 11038474Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide predistortion for a phased array. Radio frequency (RF) sample signals from phased array elements are provided along return paths and are combined by a hardware RF combiner. Phase shifters are adjusted such that the RF sample signals are phase-aligned when combined. Adaptive adjustment of predistortion for the amplifiers of the phased array can be based on a signal derived from the combined RF sample signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES GLOBAL UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Ahmed I. Khalil, Patrick Pratt