Patents Examined by Rui M Hu
  • Patent number: 11909435
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including: first communication circuitry including a first amplifier, second communication circuitry including a second amplifier, a transceiver, a processor, and a power supply. The processor may be configured to: provide, to the first communication circuitry, a first voltage for transmitting a first signal using the power supply in a first time interval, and provide, to the second communication circuitry, a second voltage for transmitting a second signal using the power supply in a second time interval that does not overlap the first time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohan Moon, Hyoseok Na
  • Patent number: 11881876
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a module board that includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board; a first power amplifier disposed on the first principal surface and configured to amplify a transmission signal in a first frequency band; a second power amplifier disposed on the first principal surface and configured to amplify a transmission signal in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band; and a switch disposed on the second principal surface and connected to an output terminal of the first power amplifier and an output terminal of the second power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukiya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11870477
    Abstract: The present application provides a transmission structure of an antenna and a proximity sensing circuit. The transmission structure includes a transmission line and at least one radio-frequency short-circuit element, a first coupling end of the transmission line is coupled to an antenna, and a second coupling end of the transmission line is coupled to a proximity sensing circuit, and the at least one radio-frequency short-circuit element is coupled between the transmission line and a ground, and is located between the antenna and the proximity sensing circuit. Utilizing the at least one radio-frequency short-circuit element in conjunction with the transmission line so that the transmission path between the antenna and the proximity sensing circuit has the high impedance, and hence preventing a radio-frequency signal from the antenna from affecting the sensing accuracy of the proximity sensing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sensortek Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Meng Yen, Chih-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 11870547
    Abstract: A system and method provide an enhanced listening experience for a user of a radio receiver or other device that receives broadcast or streamed content having a plurality of program channels. The method and system buffer designated channels at the receiver and, when switching among channels, play back the buffered designated channels during reception from a selected point therein depending on the channel or other criteria. When switching to a different channel during reception, a user is able to hear content in a buffered program channel with music from the start of a song, for example, whereas content in a channel with news, talk radio, or live sports is played back from live reception, even though the content segments are transmitted at different start times relative to their selected times for playback following a channel change. User controls allow navigation among buffered designated channels during reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sirius XM Radio Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Anderson Cox, Paul D. Marko
  • Patent number: 11848692
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes a prediction and correction engine configured to receive a signal including a target signal, and to execute a single-moment filter, based on a current measurement sample of the signal and a model of the target signal, to obtain a single-moment state estimate and a single-moment state estimate error covariance for the target signal, a covariance renormalizer configured to determine a multi-moment state estimate error covariance for the target signal based on a prior single-moment state estimate error covariance, corresponding to a sample prior to the current measurement sample, and the single-moment state estimate error covariance, and a multi-moment prediction and correction engine configured to execute a multi-moment filtering extension based on the current measurement sample and the multi-moment state estimate error covariance to obtain a multi-moment state estimate, and further configured to determine an estimate for the target signal based on the multi-moment state esti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Arditti Ilitzky, Harry Skinner, Fernando Ramos Alarcon Barroso, Valeri Kontorovich Mazover, Rocio Hernandez Fabian
  • Patent number: 11811435
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a semiconductor chip and a receiving apparatus capable of suppressing increases in size and cost due to circuit complexity. A tuner includes an RF input terminal to which an RF signal of terrestrial broadcasting is input, a first-IF input terminal to which a first-IF signal of satellite digital broadcasting is input, a first filter that filters a signal in a frequency band lower than a predetermined frequency, a second filter that filters a signal in a frequency band equal to or higher than the predetermined frequency, and a switch that causes the RF signal to be input to the first filter or to the second filter by switching according to a frequency of the RF signal, and causes the first-IF signal to be input to the first filter or to the second filter by switching according to a frequency of the first-IF signal. The present technology may be applied to a broadcast receiving system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Shono
  • Patent number: 11811447
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a band pass filter configured to pass a signal in a predetermined frequency band between a first terminal and a common terminal connected to an antenna, and a band elimination filter configured to attenuate a signal in the predetermined frequency band between a second terminal and the common terminal and includes resonators connected in series with a line between the second terminal and the common terminal. The resonators include a first resonator having a lowest resonant frequency and a second resonator disposed on a side of the common terminal from the first resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kota Okubo
  • Patent number: 11792742
    Abstract: Some techniques and apparatuses described herein permit a user equipment (UE) to transition among different power configurations, which include different values for different power parameters, that impact an amount of power consumed by the UE. In some aspects, these transitions may be signaled by a base station based at least in part on traffic volume for the UE, which may assist with improving throughput and/or extending battery life of the UE. Furthermore, these transitions may be signaled dynamically, such as in downlink control information (DCI) and/or a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) MAC-CE, which may conserve battery power and/or network resources as compared to reconfiguring the UE using an RRC message, and which may allow the UE to be reconfigured quickly as conditions associated with the UE change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Huilin Xu, Peter Pui Lok Ang, Wanshi Chen, Joseph Binamira Soriaga, Linhai He
  • Patent number: 11784677
    Abstract: One disclosure of the present specification provides a method for performing communication by a user equipment (UE). The method comprises the steps of: receiving a downlink signal from a base station, wherein the downlink signal is received via n263 operation band in FR2-2 (Frequency Range2-2), wherein the UE is a power class 2 UE, wherein the UE satisfies REFSENS (Reference Sensitivity) on a first channel bandwidth, wherein, based on the first channel bandwidth being 100 MHz, the REFSENS is ?86.3 dBm, wherein, based on the first channel bandwidth being 400 MHz, the REFSENS is ?80.3 dBm, wherein, based on the first channel bandwidth being 800 MHz, the REFSENS is ?77.3 dBm, wherein, based on the first channel bandwidth being 1600 MHz, the REFSENS is ?74.3 dBm, wherein, based on the first channel bandwidth being 2000 MHz, the REFSENS is ?73.3 dBm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yoonoh Yang, Byeongyong Park, Markus Pettersson, Ilnam Cho, Sangwook Lee, Jinyup Hwang
  • Patent number: 11784674
    Abstract: Aspects relate to a calibration of an antenna array module of a wireless communication device in open space. The antenna array module may be used as a proximity sensor to detect an object's proximity relative to the antenna array module. Aspects include displaying an open space calibration instruction on a display of the wireless communication device, transmitting a proximity test signal from the antenna array module, measuring a value of a first signal received at the antenna array module in response to transmitting the proximity test signal, and storing the value of the first signal as an open space calibration value of the antenna array module. The first signal may be measured at cross-polarized antennas of the antenna array module. The value of the first signal may be representative of perturbations of the proximity test signal at the cross-polarized antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Udara Fernando, Brian Clarke Banister, Eyosias Yoseph Imana
  • Patent number: 11770146
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing high-frequency radio frequency interference are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SHENZHEN MINDRAY SCIENTIFIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Zhang, Ningling Zhang, Junhua Xie, Xingliang Jin, Xianliang He, Zhigang Ye, Hanyuan Luo, Ming Li, Zuming Yao
  • Patent number: 11757477
    Abstract: An embodiment integrated electronic device comprises a mixer module including a voltage/current transconductor stage including first transistors and connected to a mixing stage including second transistors, wherein the mixing stage includes a resistive degeneration circuit connected to the sources of the second transistors and a calibration input connected to the gates of the second transistors and intended to receive an adjustable calibration voltage, and the sources of the first transistors are directly connected to a cold power supply point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ALPS) SAS
    Inventors: Frederic Rivoirard, Felix Gauthier
  • Patent number: 11743375
    Abstract: A portable electronic device with a touch screen display displays an incoming message from a party to a user of the device while the device is locked. The device responds to detecting a user request to view the incoming message by immediately displaying a set of messages between the user and the party in a chronological order. While the device is unlocked, if an incoming message is longer than a predefined length the device displays a portion of the incoming message, a view icon, and a long-message indicia. Alternately, if the incoming message is equal to or less than the predefined length, the device displays the entire incoming message and a reply icon. In response to user selection of either the view icon or the reply icon, the device immediately displays a set of messages between the user of the device and the party in a chronological order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory N. Christie, Marcel Van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, Evan Russell Doll
  • Patent number: 11736135
    Abstract: An accessory for use with a mobile device is provided. The accessory may include a first pivot plate, a second pivot plate, a sliding plate, and a frame enclosing the plates. The first pivot plate may be coupled to the second pivot plate at a first hinge. The sliding plate may be coupled to the second pivot plate at a second hinge. The second pivot plate may have a nub at the first hinge configured to accommodate a finger of a user. The accessory may have an undeployed configuration and a deployed configuration in which the sliding plate is translated along the frame such that the first pivot plate and the second pivot plate flex outwardly from the frame. In the deployed configuration, a portion of the first pivot plate may sit within a portion of the second pivot plate at the first hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Julian Shaw
  • Patent number: 11737030
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed, from the perspective of a UE, for transmitting UL RS. In one embodiment, the method includes deriving a first transmit power of a first UL RS based on a first power control mechanism, wherein derivation of the first transmit power based on the first power control mechanism is associated with an uplink data channel. In addition, the method includes deriving a second transmit power of a second UL RS based on a second power control mechanism, wherein derivation of the second transmit power based on the second power control mechanism is not associated with the uplink data channel. Furthermore, the method includes transmitting the first UL RS with the first transmit power. The method also includes transmitting the second UL RS with the second transmit power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Che Li, Ko-Chiang Lin, Yu-Hsuan Guo
  • Patent number: 11695446
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus creates a prediction model taking into consideration of the actual fluctuation of a self-interference signal. The communication apparatus selects, where the self-interference signal has largely fluctuated, a prediction model in accordance with a fluctuation pattern at an early stage of the fluctuation. The communication apparatus generates a cancel signal by control applying a gain and an amount of phase shift represented by the prediction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naohiro Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11689237
    Abstract: Disclosed is an accessory for an electronic device, which is attached to the rear surface of an electronic device or an electronic device case. A first embodiment includes a cone having an empty space therein, a wrinkle part formed on a body thereof, and an upper portion and a lower portion that are open, an inverted cone having an empty space therein, a wrinkle part formed on a body thereof, an upper portion that is open, and a lower portion having a protrusion extending therefrom, the protrusion being composed of a neck part and a head part, a clamping ring, which is positioned inside the cone and coupled to the neck part of the protrusion in a state in which the protrusion is inserted into an upper opening of the cone, and a neck cylinder for surrounding the neck part of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ye Seul Kim, Song Hee Kim, Ji Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 11689202
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are non-limiting examples of voltage generators that use multiple charge pumps coupled in series to generate a targeted voltage. The charge pumps implement multiple charge pump units that reduce the introduction of noise into a circuit in which they are implemented. The charge pumps units work in parallel on different clock phases to reduce spurious noise. This is in contrast to using a single charge pump with a relatively large flying capacitor or a plurality of charge pumps in series. This can, for example, reduce spurious signals or spurs that arise due at least in part to the characteristics of the clock signal. The disclosed technologies may be particularly advantageous for SOI-based components and circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Florinel G. Balteanu, Paul T. DiCarlo
  • Patent number: 11683059
    Abstract: A noise reduction device includes: a combiner to shift a phase of one of a first signal propagating through a first propagation path and a second signal propagating through a second propagation path by a predetermined angle and combine the phase-shifted one signal of the first signal and the second signal with the other signal of the first signal and the second signal; and a phase difference absorption circuit having a phase shift characteristic that reduces a difference between a phase difference between two signals each having a lower limit frequency of a band of the broadcast wave and passing through the first propagation path and the second propagation path and a phase difference between two signals each having an upper limit frequency of the band of the broadcast wave and passing through the first propagation path and the second propagation path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: HARADA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yutaka Imamura
  • Patent number: 11670840
    Abstract: A multibeam analogue former of several two-dimensional radiofrequency beams of continuously variable sizes and/or aiming directions for a reconfigurable two-dimensional active array antenna, includes a first set of analogue multibeam formers of fixed one-dimensional beams, of identical structure, superposed and connected at the output to rows of elementary radiating feeds of a planar antenna array in a first axial direction X. The analogue multibeam former comprises a second set of second one-dimensional analogue formers of radiofrequency beams that are continuously variable in size and/or in aiming direction in second angular aiming directions By along a second axial direction Y. Each second analogue former is formed by a divider with a single input and R output branches in transmission mode, each output branch of the divider including an amplitude and phase control point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Fraysse, Hervé Legay, Florian Vidal