Patents Examined by Quochien B. Vuong
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Patent number: 11019190Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a lateral member surrounding a space between the first and second plates; a display disposed in the housing and exposed through at least a part of the first plate; an antenna module disposed at a first area adjacent to the lateral member; an electronic component disposed at a second area adjacent to the first area in the housing; at least one wireless communication circuit disposed in the housing and configured to transmit or receive a signal having a frequency between 3 gigahertz (GHz) and 100 GHz through the antenna module; a processor disposed in the housing; and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) including a first conductive line electrically connected between the at least one wireless communication circuit and the antenna module, and a second conductive line electrically connected between the processor and the electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Inventors: Yonghwa Kim, Bumhee Bae, Dongil Son, Hyunwoo Sim, Jaedeok Lim, Seungbum Choi
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Patent number: 11019187Abstract: A mobile terminal including a window disposed on a front side of the mobile terminal; a display module disposed on a rear side of the window; a cover disposed on a rear side of the mobile terminal; a metallic frame disposed between the window and the cover, the metallic frame including a base portion and an edge portion connected with the base portion; a circuit board disposed in the mobile terminal and including one or more components corresponding to a wireless communication system; a plurality of antennas configured to receive radio signals and including a first radiator and a second radiator separated by a slit in a bottom edge portion of the metallic frame; and a thermal conductive member disposed between the circuit board and the base portion of the metallic frame, the thermal conductive member being configured to transmit heat from the one or more components to the metallic frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jaehyuk Kang, Jinho Jang, Hyunseok Kim
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Patent number: 11018633Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for calibrating digital pre-distortion (DPD) of an electronic device. A respective signal is received, by each of a first plurality of receiving antennas, from each of a second plurality of transmitting antennas. A DPD function is determined for each of the second plurality of transmitting antennas based on the received signals. A combined DPD function of the second plurality of transmitting antennas is determined based on the DPD functions and phase shifter settings associated with the second plurality of transmitting antennas.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Inventors: Liangbin Li, Gennady Feygin, Pranav Dayal
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Patent number: 11018707Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may receive one or more transmissions from one or more UEs in a first slot, including a first transmission from a second UE. The first UE may receive the first transmission using a receiver configured with a first gain and may decode the first transmission. The UE may determine a correspondence (e.g., a temporal correlation) between the first slot and a second slot and may configure the receiver with a second gain at the beginning of the second slot based on the correspondence. The UE may determine that a total received signal power in the second slot is associated with the total received signal power in the first slot. The UE may decode one or more transmissions in the second slot based on the receiver having the second gain at the beginning of the slot.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Kapil Gulati, Junyl Li, Tien Viet Nguyen, Subramanya Rao, Sudhir Kumar Baghel
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Patent number: 11012843Abstract: A communication device may include a first type of interface and a second type of interface. The communication device may execute the communication of object data with a mobile device using the second type of interface after executing a specific process for causing the communication device to shift to a communication-enabled state, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is not currently in the communication-enabled state. Also, the communication device may execute the communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface without executing the specific process, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is currently in the communication-enabled state.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Hirotaka Asakura, Munehisa Matsuda, Satoshi Tanaka
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Patent number: 11005535Abstract: One example discloses a near-field device, including: a conductive housing physically coupled to the near-field antenna; a near-field antenna, having a first feed point and a second feed point, and including, a first inductive coil; a first conductive plate capacitively coupled to the conductive housing, and galvanically coupled to the first end of the first inductive coil; a second conductive plate capacitively coupled to the conductive housing, and galvanically coupled to the second end of the first inductive coil; a reference potential; and wherein the conductive housing 302 is galvanically coupled to the reference potential; wherein the first inductive coil is configured to receive or transmit near-field magnetic signals; and wherein the first and second conductive plates and the conductive housing are configured to receive or transmit near-field electric signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Anthony Kerselaers, Liesbeth Gommé
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Patent number: 11005509Abstract: An active canceller includes a magnitude estimator, a phase estimator, a tone generator, and a suppressor. The magnitude estimator estimates the magnitude of spurious signals on a channel. The phase estimator estimates the phase of the spurious signals on the channel. The tone generator generates a tone signal based on the estimated magnitude and phase. The suppressor subtracts the tone signal from a channel signal to suppress the spurious signals. The magnitude and phase estimators and the suppressor may operate in the time domain.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: NXP USA, INC.Inventor: Vijay Ahirwar
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Patent number: 10998620Abstract: An example electronic device includes a first antenna; a second antenna; a driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to transmit magnetic field signal through at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna; a switch configured to switch between short-circuiting connection between the driver IC and the first antenna and opening connection between the driver IC and the first antenna; and a filter configured to filter a pre-determined frequency and connected to the first antenna, the second antenna and the driver IC. The driver IC is configured to transmit the magnetic field signal using both the first antenna and the second antenna based on the switch short-circuiting the connection between the driver IC and the first antenna.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woosup Lee, Younju Kim, Jungoh Sung, Taekun Kim, Sehwan Choi, Sungchul Park, Jungsik Park
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Patent number: 10992280Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus which comprises: a shared antenna shared for communication and power reception; an impedance matching circuit connected to the shared antenna and having a first switch element; a communication circuit connected to the impedance matching circuit; a second switch element connected to the first switch element; and an impedance matching adjustment circuit configured to switch an on/off state of each of the first switch element and the second switch element at the time of communication and at the time of power reception.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yutaka Mimino
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Patent number: 10991662Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a transistor implemented over an oxide layer, one or more electrical connections to the transistor, one or more dielectric layers formed over at least a portion of the electrical connections, an electrical element disposed over the one or more dielectric layers, the electrical element being in electrical communication with the transistor via the one or more electrical connections, a patterned form of sacrificial material covering at least a portion of the electrical element, and an interface layer covering at least a portion of the one or more dielectric layers and the sacrificial material.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: David T. Petzold, David Scott Whitefield
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Patent number: 10985461Abstract: A terminal device includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first channel electrically connected to the first antenna, and a second channel electrically connected to the second antenna. The first channel includes at least two first transmitting branches used to transmit carrier signals for carrier aggregation (CA). The second channel includes a receiving branch electrically connected to the second antenna and a receiving filter electrically connected to the receiving branch. The receiving branch may be used to receive CA signals through the second antenna, and the receiving filter may be used to filter the CA signals to obtain the carrier signals for CA.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: XI'AN YEP TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, LTD.Inventor: Ruofeng Zhang
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Patent number: 10985723Abstract: An electronic device for receiving a radio signal includes an upstream amplifier configured to amplify a received radio signal, a control module configured to control a gain of the upstream amplifier, and a mixer connected at the output of the upstream amplifier and configured to mix the signal from the upstream amplifier with a reference signal. The control module is further configured to perform an intermodulation detection, by commanding the generation by the upstream amplifier of a gain increase and comparing a first power with a second power, the first and second powers being respective powers of a signal at the output of the mixer, the first power being measured in the absence of gain increase and the second power being measured in the presence of the gain increase.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Faurecia Clarion Electronics EuropeInventor: Cyril Laury
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Patent number: 10985786Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device that performs communication in multiple bands by using a single antenna, and includes an antenna, a radio frequency front end module (RF FEM) connected to the antenna, a first signal processing module connected to the RF FEM and configured to process a signal of a first radio access technology (RAT), and a second signal processing module connected to the RF FEM and configured to process a signal of a second RAT, the signal of the second RAT being different than the signal of the first RAT, and the RF FEM including a frequency separating circuit configured to separate a signal received through the antenna into the signal of the first RAT and the signal of the second RAT, and a switch including a first input terminal coupled with the antenna, a first output terminal coupled with an input terminal of the frequency separating circuit, a second input terminal coupled with one of output terminals of the frequency separating circuit, and a second output terminal coupled with a pathType: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Inventors: Yongjun An, Hyoseok Na
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Patent number: 10979509Abstract: A wireless communication method includes receiving a data transmission request. The wireless communication method also includes increasing a transmission bandwidth of an uplink based on the data transmission request. The wireless communication method also includes receiving data to be transmitted through the uplink. The uplink is a communication link through which an external device transmits data to an aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ning Ma, Dong Zhang
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Patent number: 10972194Abstract: Systems and methods may use proximate communication to retrieve information pertaining to a target device. In one example, the method may include detecting the target device within a vicinity of a user device, receiving an information request response communication including information pertaining to the target device, and receiving an operation request response communication including information pertaining to a performed operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Gyan Prakash, Nagasubramanian Gurumoorthy
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Patent number: 10972145Abstract: A communication device has a controller that selects one of a second antenna and at least one alternate second antenna for concurrent transmission with a first antenna. The controller monitors concurrent communication activity of the first and the second transmitter. Based on the concurrent communication activity, the controller identifies respective transmit power limits associated with intermodulation distortion (IMD) for the first antenna transmitting at the first transmit frequency and one of the second antenna and the at least one alternate second antenna transmitting at the second transmit frequency and having respective antenna isolation levels to the first antenna. The controller identifies, available total radiated power (TRP), respectively, for the second antenna and the at least one alternate second antenna and connects the second transmitter to one of the second antenna and the at least one alternate second antenna having the highest available TRP to optimize communication performance.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Armin Klomsdorf, Dale Schwent, Brian H. Bremer
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Patent number: 10965800Abstract: An interaction method in a call and a device, where the method includes displaying a voice assistant icon on a call screen of the wearable device when a phone number of a communication peer device is a service number converting received voice information into a dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) tone when the voice assistant icon is activated, and sending the DTMF tone to the communication peer device. Therefore, in a process of making or answering a service call using the wearable device, under a specific trigger condition, voice information of a user is converted into a DTMF tone to be sent to the communication peer device. In this way, when the user needs to enter a digit or a symbol in a call process, it can be ensured that the user enters correct information, and user experience is improved.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yan Li, Yu Zhu
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Patent number: 10966156Abstract: A self-powered sensor device (100) is provided which comprises a wireless network unit (140) configured to enable a communication in a Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN), an energy converting unit (150) configured to convert a first physical quantity into energy, and an energy harvesting unit (110) configured to harvest energy from the energy converted by the energy converting unit (150), and to initiate a sending of a message via the wireless network unit (140) every time a predetermined amount of energy is harvested by the energy harvesting unit (110).Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Henricus Antonius Gerardus Van Vugt, Joseph Henricus Gerardus Rous
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Patent number: 10958297Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for mitigating interference in a communications network. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises obtaining a packet. The packet has been wirelessly received in an uplink direction by a transmission and reception point of the network node and from a packet sender. The packet is indicative of scheduled transmission of a further packet within a predefined time interval from the transmission and reception point has wirelessly received the packet. The method comprises determining beamforming weights such that interference caused by transmission from the transmission and reception point of the network node in a downlink direction being reversed to the uplink direction is less than a threshold interference value. The method comprises initiating transmission in at least one beam using the determined beamforming weights. The beamforming weights are used for the transmission at least within the predefined time interval.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Thomas Nilsson, Dzevdan Kapetanovic
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Patent number: 10958777Abstract: An electronic device includes one or more processors. When a first sensor delivers a first signal to the one or more processors indicating that the electronic device is in a stowed state, and a second sensor delivers a second signal to the one or more processors indicating that the electronic device is in a held state the one or more processors query the third sensor for a third signal indicating whether the electronic device is in the stowed state. The one or more processors perform a control operation when the third signal fails to indicate the electronic device is in the stowed state. The one or more processors omit performance of the control operation when the third signal indicates the electronic device is in the stowed state.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Daniel Spiewak Rempel Finimundi, Alexandre Neves Creto, Mauricio Dias Moises