Patents Examined by Sanh Phu
  • Patent number: 9742367
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for performing the outphasing technique without using a combiner at the output of two power amplifiers to reduce loss and distortions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Hooman Darabi
  • Patent number: 9735826
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a noise shielding device that may include: a substrate including at least one heat generating component; a metallic shield cover that is disposed on the substrate to enclose the at least one heat generating component; a metal housing disposed around the shield cover; and a heat transfer member that is configured to transfer heat emitted from the heat generating component through an opening formed at a position corresponding to the heat generating component to the metal housing, wherein the metallic shield cover includes a plurality of tension fingers that protrude at predetermined intervals and contact a bottom face of the metal housing, and noise emitted from the heat generating component is shielded by a shielding region that is formed by the tension fingers and the metal housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongryul Sohn, Cheolwoong Park, Hosoo Seo
  • Patent number: 9735894
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE), receiver and method are generally described herein. The UE may include a mixer, a local oscillator (LO) and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The mixer may downconvert a differential radio frequency (RF) signal using LO signals and provide downconverted signals to the ADC. The mixer may provide decoupled lowpass filtering. The lowpass filter capacitors may retain charge when discharging is completed. For each differential signal, the mixer may have an input pullup resistor, first switches receiving the signal and driven by different LO signals, second switches receiving signals from the first switches such that connected pairs of switches may have driven by different LO signals, an ADC input resistor, charging capacitors each connected between first switches driven by the same LO signal, and grounding capacitors each connected to second switches associated with different RF signal outputs and driven by different LO signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammed Alam, Patrick Rakers
  • Patent number: 9730165
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to adjusting transmit power of a radio frequency (RF) transceiver. A total power adjustment for adjusting a transmit power of the RF transceiver can be determined. The transmit power can be adjusted to a first adjusted transmit power based at least in part on a first adjustment size that is less than the total power adjustment and determined based at least in part on the transmit power. Digital pre-distortion (DPD) training of the RF transceiver can be performed to adjust one or more coefficients for calibrating the RF transceiver based on the first adjusted transmit power. The first adjusted transmit power can be adjusted to a second adjusted transmit power based at least in part on a second adjustment size that is less than the total power adjustment and computed based at least in part on the first adjusted transmit power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Walid Khairy Mohamed Ahmed, Ori Auslender, Victor Alexander Abramsky, Prashanth Hande, Ran Iron, Yeuda Raz
  • Patent number: 9722827
    Abstract: A wireless access point or other transmitter can be configured to inject a supplemental signal into a data modulated carrier signal. In some examples, a transmitter system includes an antenna, a primary modulator, and a supplemental modulator. The primary modulator receives a baseband data signal and a carrier signal and outputting to the antenna a data modulated carrier signal according to a communications protocol. The supplemental modulator injects a supplemental signal into the data modulated carrier signal by distorting the data modulated carrier signal within an error bound of the communications protocol. A corresponding receiving system includes an antenna and a supplemental signal detector for detecting the supplemental signal by detecting the distortion within the data modulated carrier signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Ixia
    Inventor: Stephen Samuel Jackson
  • Patent number: 9713105
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for efficiently transmitting or reporting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The method of transmitting the PHR of the UE in a mobile communication system includes configuring an extended PHR including an indicator corresponding to a variation factor of a maximum transmission power of the UE, and transmitting the extended PHR from the UE to a Base Station (BS). The BS may be notified of a maximum transmission power of the UE and a variation factor corresponding to the maximum transmission power in order to enable efficient scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Bum Kim, Soeng Hun Kim, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Kyeong In Jeong
  • Patent number: 9712226
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide multi-way diversity receivers with multiple synthesizers. Such a multi-way diversity receiver may be implemented in a carrier aggregation (CA) transceiver. One example wireless reception diversity circuit generally includes three or more receive paths for processing received signals and two or more frequency synthesizing circuits configured to generate local oscillating signals to downconvert the received signals. Each of the frequency synthesizing circuits is shared by at most two of the receive paths, and each pair of the frequency synthesizing circuits may generate a pair of local oscillating signals having the same frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lai Kan Leung, Chiewcharn Narathong, Rajagopalan Rangarajan, Dongling Pan, Yiwu Tang, Aleksandar Miodrag Tasic
  • Patent number: 9698839
    Abstract: Circuitry includes an input node, an output node, acoustic filtering circuitry, an inductive element, and a capacitor. The acoustic filtering circuitry includes an acoustic filtering input node and an acoustic filtering output node. The inductive element is coupled in series with the acoustic filtering circuitry between the input node and the output node such that the inductive element is coupled between the input node and the acoustic filtering input node and the acoustic filtering output node is coupled to the output node. The capacitor is coupled in parallel with the acoustic filtering circuitry and the inductive element between the input node and the output node. Providing the inductive element in series with the acoustic filtering circuitry and the capacitor in parallel with the acoustic filtering circuitry and the inductive element provides a highly selective notch filter response between the input node and the output node with high attenuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Nadim Khlat
  • Patent number: 9686038
    Abstract: A method for communication includes generating a data transmission for transmission to a target receiver, and generating at least one jamming transmission having an amplitude that changes multiple times during the data transmission. The data transmission is transmitted to the target receiver using an antenna array, and the at least one jamming transmission is simultaneously transmitted using the antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: CELENO COMMUNICATIONS (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventor: Nir Shapira
  • Patent number: 9681308
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for distributing a broadband wireless signal in a building. The disclosed methods and systems feature a wireless broadband transmitter associated with multiple base antennas, where the base antennas are inserted into one or more ducts of the ventilation system of the building. Communication between the transmitter and receivers within the building may be optimized by selecting, modifying or controlling a configuration parameter of at least one of the multiple base antennas to enhance distribution of the wireless broadband signal within the ducts of the ventilation system and between the transmitter and device receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Schwengler
  • Patent number: 9681400
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for efficiently transmitting or reporting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The method of transmitting the PHR of the UE in a mobile communication system includes configuring an extended PHR including an indicator corresponding to a variation factor of a maximum transmission power of the UE, and transmitting the extended PHR from the UE to a Base Station (BS). The BS may be notified of a maximum transmission power of the UE and a variation factor corresponding to the maximum transmission power in order to enable efficient scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Bum Kim, Soeng Hun Kim, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Kyeong In Jeong
  • Patent number: 9674797
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for efficiently transmitting or reporting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The method of transmitting the PHR of the UE in a mobile communication system includes configuring an extended PHR including an indicator corresponding to a variation factor of a maximum transmission power of the UE, and transmitting the extended PHR from the UE to a Base Station (BS). The BS may be notified of a maximum transmission power of the UE and a variation factor corresponding to the maximum transmission power in order to enable efficient scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Bum Kim, Soeng Hun Kim, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Kyeong In Jeong
  • Patent number: 9660682
    Abstract: A holder for an electronic device includes a body, a first receptacle, and a second receptacle. The body includes a surface, a first end portion, a second end portion, a medial portion, and an attachment mechanism configured for attaching the body to a wearable band. The attachment mechanism includes one or more deformable attachment protrusions configured for insertion into one or more corresponding attachment apertures of the wearable band. The first and second receptacles are each configured for removably retaining the electronic device to the body. The first and second receptacles each define a respective cavity bounded by a stretchable opening. Each opening is configured to receive and retain a respective end of the electronic device as well as ends of other electronic devices having a range of sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Otter Products, LLC
    Inventors: W. Travis Smith, Peter J. Gronewoller, Carlton R. Lay, Lucas B. Weller
  • Patent number: 9654202
    Abstract: A method of scheduling a transmission with a multi-beam satellite system receives, at a dynamic pricer, a request parameter that is associated with a request to transmit data via a multi-beam satellite system. The method determines a plurality of transmission solutions that satisfy the request parameter. The plurality of transmission solutions are transmitted, from the dynamic pricer, to a transmission requesting device. An indication is received, at the dynamic pricer, as to which particular transmission solution is selected by the transmission requesting device. The multi-beam satellite system is scheduled to transmit a payload in accordance with the selected particular transmission solution. A system is provided that operates the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Michael Lozano, Thomas Russell Topping, James Willam Bishop, Jr., Robert E. Penny, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9655065
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for efficiently transmitting or reporting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The method of transmitting the PHR of the UE in a mobile communication system includes configuring an extended PHR including an indicator corresponding to a variation factor of a maximum transmission power of the UE, and transmitting the extended PHR from the UE to a Base Station (BS). The BS may be notified of a maximum transmission power of the UE and a variation factor corresponding to the maximum transmission power in order to enable efficient scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Bum Kim, Soeng Hun Kim, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Kyeong In Jeong
  • Patent number: 9648570
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for efficiently transmitting or reporting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The method of transmitting the PHR of the UE in a mobile communication system includes configuring an extended PHR including an indicator corresponding to a variation factor of a maximum transmission power of the UE, and transmitting the extended PHR from the UE to a Base Station (BS). The BS may be notified of a maximum transmission power of the UE and a variation factor corresponding to the maximum transmission power in order to enable efficient scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Bum Kim, Soeng Hun Kim, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Kyeong In Jeong
  • Patent number: 9648571
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for efficiently transmitting or reporting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) of a User Equipment (UE) are provided. The method of transmitting the PHR of the UE in a mobile communication system includes configuring an extended PHR including an indicator corresponding to a variation factor of a maximum transmission power of the UE, and transmitting the extended PHR from the UE to a Base Station (BS). The BS may be notified of a maximum transmission power of the UE and a variation factor corresponding to the maximum transmission power in order to enable efficient scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Bum Kim, Soeng Hun Kim, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Kyeong In Jeong
  • Patent number: 9648569
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include calculating, by one or more of a plurality of small cell radios, one or more sets of candidate power control parameters using a first interference constraint for uplink user equipment (UE) transmissions for UE served by the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; determining, at a central management entity, whether an average of a sum of an expected interference for UE associated with the plurality of small cell radios violates a second interference constraint for any of the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters; and generating one or more messages for each of the plurality of small cell radios identifying one or more particular sets of power control parameters that provide for meeting the second interference constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ritesh K. Madan, Rohit Umesh Nabar, Vikram Chandrasekhar, Kedar Durgadas Shirali, Qing Zhao
  • Patent number: 9634703
    Abstract: A method and receiver for detecting a signal wherein the signal is encoded the signal with a pair of spaced predetermined frequencies and wherein energy is detected in each of the pair of predetermined frequencies and in a predetermined frequency between the pair of predetermined frequencies. Energy detected in each of the pair of predetermined frequencies is compared with the energy detected in the predetermined frequency between the pair of predetermined frequencies. The detecting includes passing the encoded signal through narrow band filters, each one of the filters being tuned to a corresponding one of the pair of predetermined frequencies and the predetermined frequency between the pair of predetermined frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Zhaoyang C. Wang, Steven M. Lardizabal
  • Patent number: 9635158
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a method of displaying an image using the same. A method of displaying an image includes connecting a mobile terminal displaying an image on a screen to a display apparatus through a TV-out cable; terminating the display of the image on the screen by the mobile terminal and displaying supplementary information of the image on the mobile terminal; and displaying the image in the display apparatus by transmitting the image from the mobile terminal to the display apparatus through the TV-out cable. By utilizing a display apparatus for displaying an image, and a display screen of a mobile terminal as a space for controlling the image and displaying supplementary information of the image file, the convenience of a user of the mobile terminal is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Keun Choi