Patents Examined by Shawkat M Ali
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Patent number: 11563479Abstract: A test transmission can be used to train and/or select a signal. For example, a cellular network can configure a receiver with a recommended receiver signal sweeping pattern for mobile devices. A transmitter device can duplicate a data packet transmission and send it to a receiver device to ensure that the receiver can receive the duplicated packets from different signals. Consequently, the duplicated data packet can be indicated in the associated control channel so that the receiver is aware that the data packet is a duplicated transmission, and based on this info and configuration data, the receiver can select a more favorable signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Xiaoyi Wang, Salam Akoum
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Patent number: 11558126Abstract: An echo estimation system includes a transceiver circuitry and a processor circuitry. The processor circuitry is coupled to the transceiver circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to calculate linear echo power and non-linear echo power based on a signal under test in the transceiver circuitry. The linear echo power and the non-linear echo power are utilized to determine a quality of the transceiver circuitry or utilized to determine component parameters of the transceiver circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Bo-Rong Huang, Cheng-Hsien Li, Tsung-En Wu, Yu-Tung Liao
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Patent number: 11558090Abstract: A system and method of optimizing a selection of an antenna on an information handling system comprising executing a sensor module to receive data from a plurality of sensors for tracking orientations, configurations, and locations of the information handling system and an antenna performance tracking system for measuring antenna performance parameters at a plurality of locations and training an antenna selection machine learning algorithm of an antenna selection machine learning module with training inputs of the orientations, configurations, and antenna performance parameters for a plurality of locations to determine an antenna system recommendation from a plurality of available antenna systems deployed on the information handling system. Executing the trained antenna selection machine learning module with operating inputs for an orientation and configuration at an operation location to determine a recommended antenna system from the plurality of available antenna systems for use in wireless communication.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Jace W. Files, Liam B. Quinn, Abu S. Sanaullah
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Patent number: 11558020Abstract: A transmission circuit includes a power amplifier, a power amplifier forestage circuit and a signal strength adjusting circuit. The power amplifier is configured to amplify an input signal to output an output signal. The power amplifier forestage circuit is configured to output the input signal. The signal strength adjusting circuit includes a conversion circuit, a processing circuit and a storage unit. The conversion circuit is configured to convert the voltage of the output signal into an operation value. The processing circuit is configured to perform an operation according to a target index value stored by the storage unit and the operation value to obtain a differential value. The processing circuit is further configured to adjust the input signal outputted by the power amplifier forestage circuit according to the differential value, so that the power of the output signal is maintained at a target power value.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Beng-Meng Chen, Chien-Jung Huang, Yi-Hua Lu
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Patent number: 11558070Abstract: With advanced compute capabilities and growing convergence of wireless standards, it is desirable to run multiple wireless standards, e.g., 4G, 5G NR, and Wi-Fi, on a single signal processing system. Automatic gain control (AGC) is a process of converging on a gain level for optimum signal reception considering the dynamic range of all the components in the receive chain, including analog and digital parts. For certain wireless standard such as Wi-Fi, AGC is required to complete within a short interval. Both RF and baseband gains have to be adjusted within this short time. Discloses in the present disclosure are embodiments of a high-speed and low pin-count interface between an RF circuit and a baseband circuit for AGC communication. The high-speed interface provides a light-weight serial protocol over one or more low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) channels to meet a low-latency requirement for gain updates.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: EdgeQ, Inc.Inventor: Narendra M Acharya
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Patent number: 11552625Abstract: Disclosed is a transmitting device comprising two galvanically isolated sub-circuits. The first sub-circuit comprises: a carrier signal source for outputting a carrier signal; a digital signal source for outputting binary signal levels; and a logic component for performing an AND operation on two input signals. The second sub-circuit comprises: a signal input; a signal output; and a first RC element, the signal input, the signal output and the RC element being connected in parallel to one another with respect to a second reference potential. A first isolating capacitor is connected between the first logic output and the signal input for galvanic isolation. A second isolating capacitor is connected between the first reference potential and the second reference potential for galvanic isolation.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KGInventors: Ghislain Daufeld, Arnd Kempa, Roland Grozinger, Stefan Scherr
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Patent number: 11546004Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may include a set of power detectors configured to generate a set of analog signals related to a set of output signal power levels of a set of transmit chains of a transmitter, respectively; an analog summer; a set of switching devices configured to send a selected one or more of the set of analog signals to the analog summer, and substantially isolated unselected one or more of the set of power detectors from the analog summer, wherein the analog summer is configured to generate a cumulative analog signal based on a sum of the selected one or more of the set of analog signals; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to generate a digital signal based on the cumulative analog signal; and a controller configured to control the set of switching devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Meysam Azin, Li Lu, Anees Habib, Chinmaya Mishra, Damin Cao, Arul Balasubramaniyan, David Ta-hsiang Lin, Shuang Zhu, Dinesh Jagannath Alladi
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Patent number: 11539384Abstract: A transmitter with a DC detection circuit that can control when a modulator of the transmitter is active. When data is being transmitted, a tone introduced by a mixer in the transmit path is hidden by the data signal and has minimal effect on the transmit path. However, when there is no data, the tone can cause undesirable noise. A modulator may move the tone or noise outside of the transmitter's bandwidth. As the data can hide the tone, the DSM may only be needed when there is a DC signal. By activating the DSM only when a DC signal is detected, the extra power introduced by the modulator can be reduced while eliminating in-band noise.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.Inventors: Robert D. Solanki, Christopher Mayer
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Patent number: 11533077Abstract: Disclosed is a signaling circuit. A switch circuit generates an internal reference supply voltage and an internal lower supply voltage, from first and second power supply voltages. A transmit circuit drives a high bit from the first power supply voltage, and drives a low bit from the internal lower supply voltage. The second terminal of the data output is connected to the internal reference supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Frederick Ware, Carl Werner
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Patent number: 11528059Abstract: A high frequency (HF) radio communications system is disclosed. HF radio communications system comprises a plurality of geographically-distributed HF radio sites comprising a corresponding plurality of receivers, each receiver of the plurality of receivers being configured to: (a) receive, via at least one antenna, respective HF signals throughout a HF band, and (b) directly and concurrently sample a subset of the respective HF signals to provide a respective stream of digital samples, the subset being the respective HF signals that are received over a plurality of HF channels within part of the HF band or all of the HF band; and a central processing server configured to receive a plurality of respective streams of digital samples from the plurality of receivers, being the respective stream of digital samples provided by each receiver of the receivers.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: ELBIT SYSTEMS LAND AND C4I LTD.Inventor: Alexey Kozlov
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Patent number: 11513147Abstract: A noise detection circuit includes a first transistor configured to receive a delayed version of a clock signal; a second transistor configured to receive a delayed version of a reference clock signal; and a latch circuit, coupled to the first transistor at a first node and coupled to the second transistor at a second node, and configured to latch logic states of voltage levels at the first and second nodes, respectively, based on whether a timing difference between transition edges of the clock signal and the reference clock signal exceeds a pre-defined timing offset threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tien-Chien Huang
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Patent number: 11515900Abstract: A transmitter circuit applicable to a digital isolator is provided, adapted to receive a data input signal and coupled to an isolation barrier, developing a receiver input signal to a receiver circuit for generating a data output signal. The transmitter circuit generates a transmitter output signal in response to a rising edge and falling edge of the data input signal, and includes a rising and falling converter for outputting a converted data input signal according to the rising edge and falling edge of the data input signal, a delay and logic unit for receiving the converted data input signal and generating a carrier signal, and an AND gate receiving the converted data input signal and the carrier signal, and outputting the transmitter output signal. Since a number of pulses of the carrier signal is limited and definite, the present invention achieves to reduce power consumption and electromagnetic interferences effectively.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: AMAZING MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventor: Guan-Shun Li
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Patent number: 11509033Abstract: An isolator includes an insulating layer, a first electrode provided on a first side of the insulating layer, and a second electrode provided on a second side of the insulating layer opposite to the first side. The second electrode faces the first electrode across the insulating layer. The insulating layer includes therein a gap between the first electrode and the second electrode. The gap extends along a plane perpendicular to a thickness direction of the insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventor: Tatsuya Ohguro
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Patent number: 11502879Abstract: An equalizer includes a first feed-forward stage that provides a measure of low-frequency IS I and a second feed-forward stage that includes a cascade of stages each making an IS I estimate. The IS I estimate from each stage is further equalized by application of the measures of low-frequency IS I from the first feed-forward stage and fed to the next in the cascade of stages. The IS I estimate from the stages thus become progressively more accurate. The number of stages applied to a given signal can be optimized to achieve a suitably low bit-error rate. Power is saved by disabling stages which are not required to meet that goal.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Prashant Choudhary, Nanyang Wang
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Patent number: 11502815Abstract: A signal processing method includes receiving a digital signal including a sequence of samples. For each sample among at least some of the samples, a neighbor-based estimate is calculated over (i) one or more samples that precede the sample in the sequence and (ii) one or more samples that succeed the sample in the sequence, and an error value, indicative of a deviation of the neighbor-based estimate from an actual value of the sample, is calculating. An impairment in the digital signal is estimated based on a plurality of error values calculated for a plurality of the samples.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Hananel Faig, Raanan Ivry
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Patent number: 11496049Abstract: A continuous time digital signal processing (CT DSP) token includes a first signal indicating a change has occurred and a second signal indicating a direction of the change. An amplitude generation circuit operates to generate an amplitude value x in response to the token. A power estimation circuit processes the amplitude value x to generate a digital power signal in accordance with the formula: x2±2x+1.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: Universite de Lille, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, ISEN Yncrea Hauts-de-France, STMicroelectronics SAInventors: Angel de Dios Gonzalez Santos, Andreas Kaiser, Antoine Frappe, Philippe Cathelin, Benoit Larras
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Patent number: 11496179Abstract: A receiver system for demodulating a high-entropy continuous phase modulation (HE-CPM) signal is disclosed. A plurality of complex multipliers is configured to receive the synchronized HE-CPM signal. Each of the complex multipliers removes a phase associated with a respective one of a plurality of inter-symbol interference (ISI) hypotheses and generates a respective one of a plurality of complex multiplier outputs. Each ISI hypothesis includes a previous chip hypothesis corresponding to a binary value for a previous chip, and a next chip hypothesis corresponding to a binary value for a next chip. A summer is configured to combine real parts of the plurality of complex multiplier outputs to generate a soft decision for a current chip of the HE-CPM signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventor: Carlos J. Chavez
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Patent number: 11488071Abstract: The present disclosure provides a novel advanced ensemble learning strategy for soft sensor development with semi-supervised model. The main target of the soft sensor is to improve the prediction performance with a limited number of labeled data samples, under the ensemble learning framework. Firstly, in order to improve the prediction accuracy of sub-models for ensemble modeling, a novel sample selection mechanism is established to select the most significantly estimated data samples. Secondly, the Bagging method is employed to both of the labeled and selected data-set, and the two different kinds of datasets are matched based on the Dissimilarity (DISSIM) algorithm. As a result, the proposed method guarantees the diversity and accuracy of the sub-models which are two significant issues of the ensemble learning. In this work, the soft sensor is constructed upon the Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) model.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Jiangnan UniversityInventors: Weili Xiong, Xudong Shi, Bingbin Gu, Xiaoqing Che, Xiaochen Sheng
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Patent number: 11489557Abstract: In the present invention, a transmitting station apparatus includes a training signal generation unit, a transmission end linear equalization unit configured to output a plurality of second data signals obtained by equalizing IAI of a plurality of first data signals by using a transmission end transfer function for equalizing IAI, and a transmitting station communication unit configured to transmit a training signal or the plurality of second data signals to a receiving station apparatus and receive information on the transmission end transfer function from the receiving station apparatus, and the receiving station apparatus includes a communication path estimation unit configured to estimate a communication path response from the training signal received by the receiving station communication unit, a reception end coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate the transmission end transfer function and a reception end transfer function for equalizing ISI, based on the communication path response, and aType: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Keita Kuriyama, Hayato Fukuzono, Tsutomu Tatsuta
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Patent number: 11477061Abstract: Wireless digital communication method for the communication between two electronic devices (3, 16) of an industrial apparatus (1), including—encoding each bit of information by a respective sequence of a certain number (N) of pulses (25) that alternate with a corresponding number (N?1) of silence intervals (26), each pulse having a pulse duration (TI) shorter than or equal to ns and said silence intervals having respective silence durations (TSj) longer than or equal to 30 ns—transmitting, by a first electronic device, a radio signal (RS) comprising a plurality of radio pulses corresponding to the sequence of pulses without modulating any radio carrier, and—receiving and decoding, by the other electronic device, said radio signal to obtain said bit of information.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Marposs Societa' Per AzioniInventor: Roberto Padovani