Patents Examined by Shawkat M Ali
  • Patent number: 11764834
    Abstract: Described herein is a method and apparatus for a multi-beam digital system including a frequency reference device having an output for providing a frequency reference signal; a fanout device connected to the frequency reference device and configured to generate n frequency reference signals from the frequency reference signal output from the frequency reference device, having n outputs configured to output the n frequency reference signals, respectively, where n is a positive integer; n local clock domain devices configured to synchronize the n frequency reference signals and distribute reference and clock signals having deterministic phase and phase/data alignment; and n beamforming devices connected to the n local clock domain devices, respectively, and configured to form a user-definable beam, and having n input configured to receive n radio frequency (RF) signals, and n outputs for transmitting n RF signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Michael P. Grynewicz, Allen Andreu
  • Patent number: 11757682
    Abstract: A method for generating a Trellis-Coded Modulation (TCM) scheme for transmitting symbols over a Partial-Response (PR) channel, the method including holding a base TCM scheme including a plurality of states and transitions among the states. Sequences of symbols are produced, and second sequences of symbols are calculated, each second sequence emulating a response of the PR channel to a respective sequence of symbols traversing the PR channel. The TCM scheme is initialized by assigning the sequences to the transitions of the base TCM scheme. One or more transitions are removed so that second sequences corresponding to transitions that were not removed are separated by at least a first distance. One or more additional transitions are further removed from the TCM scheme, so that second sequences corresponding to parallel transitions from a current state to a next state are separated by at least a second distance larger than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Raanan Ivry
  • Patent number: 11750209
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter is provided. The digital-to-analog converter includes a plurality of digital-to-analog converter cells coupled to an output node of the digital-to-analog converter. At least one of the plurality of digital-to-analog converter cells includes a capacitive element configured to provide an analog output signal of the digital-to-analog converter cell to the output node. Further, the at least one of the plurality of digital-to-analog converter cells includes an inverter circuit coupled to the capacitive element. The inverter circuit is configured to generate an inverter signal for the capacitive element based on an oscillation signal. The at least one of the plurality of digital-to-analog converter cells additionally includes a resistive element coupled to the inverter circuit and the capacitive element. A resistance of the resistive element is at least 50?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Franz Kuttner
  • Patent number: 11750260
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a client device may determine a feedback associated with a machine learning component based at least in part on applying the machine learning component. Accordingly, the client device may transmit a quantized value based at least in part on the feedback. The quantized value is determined based at least in part on distances between the feedback and a non-uniform set of quantized digits. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Tao Luo, Taesang Yoo, Hamed Pezeshki
  • Patent number: 11734577
    Abstract: A method for an electronic apparatus to perform an operation of an artificial intelligence model includes acquiring resource information for hardware of the electronic apparatus while a plurality of data used for an operation of a neural network model are stored in a memory, the plurality of data respectively having degrees of importance different from each other; obtaining data to be used for the operation of the neural network model among the plurality of data according to the degrees of importance of each of the plurality of data based on the acquired resource information; and performing the operation of the neural network model by using the obtained data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sejung Kwon, Dongsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11722341
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for asynchronously measuring an equalized information signal to obtain amplitude information, modifying frequency dependent parameters of a continuous-time linear equalization (CTLE) component of the signal path, determining a correlation between CTLE parameters and signal amplitude, and adjusting, responsive to the correlation, a continuous-time linear equalization (CTLE) code of a CTLE to adjust equalization of the equalized information signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: KANDOU LABS SA
    Inventor: Ali Hormati
  • Patent number: 11716103
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a module substrate; a power amplifier; a first switch connected to an input terminal of the power amplifier; a second switch connected to an output terminal of the power amplifier; and a switch control circuit that controls the first switch and the second switch. The first switch, the second switch, and the switch control circuit are included in a semiconductor IC being integrated into a single chip. The power amplifier and the semiconductor IC are mounted on or above the module substrate. When the module substrate is viewed in a plan view, in the semiconductor IC, the switch control circuit is disposed between the first switch and the second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Reiji Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11711245
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an equalization circuit, an error prediction circuit, a sequence estimation circuit, and a selection circuit. The equalization circuit is configured to generate a first data sequence and a first equalized signal from an input signal received through a channel. The error prediction circuit is configured to predict an error based on the first equalized signal when the error is predicted. When the error is predicted, the sequence estimation circuit is configured to generate a second data sequence from the first data sequence and the predicted error. The selection circuit is configured to output the second data sequence when the predicted error is determined to be an actual error and to otherwise output the first data sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Youngseob Suh, Byungwook Cho, Donghyuk Lim, Junghoon Chun
  • Patent number: 11711117
    Abstract: Wireless communication is established between a first station and a second station in a wireless communication system, the first station having a beamforming network configured to form a succession of beams using antenna weight vectors selected from a pre-determined plurality of antenna weight vectors. The orientations of the beams are arranged in a grid comprising a plurality of rows. The beams of each row are spaced in angular position such that at least one beam in a respective row is positioned mid-way between the positions of two beams on an adjacent row. A succession of beams is formed to send first messages using a selected first sub-set of the antenna weight vectors. If a first message in a first beam is received at the second station, a further succession of beams is formed using a second sub-set of the antenna weight vectors selected to form beams adjacent to the first beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Cambium Networks Ltd
    Inventors: Nigel Jonathan Richard King, Thirumaran Muthiah, Matt Fuller
  • Patent number: 11700011
    Abstract: A number of unit cells of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) may be simultaneously activated to generate an analog signal. However, while each unit cell may be generally the same, there may be variations such as non-linearity or noise in the analog output depending on which unit cells are activated for a given digital signal value. For example, as additional unit cells are activated for increased values of the analog signal, the fill order in which the unit cells are activated may affect the linearity/noise of the DAC. The decision units may be programmable to select which branches of the fractal DAC to activate, changing the fill order based on a fill-selection signal. The fill order may be set by a fill controller via the fill-selection signal to account for manufacturing variations, gradients in the supply voltage, output line routing, and/or environmental factors such as temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Zhao, David M. Signoff
  • Patent number: 11695466
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a synchronization signal block (SSB) transmitted by a base station. The UE may receive system information that includes reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) or repeater assisted initial access information that identifies a set of SSBs that are associated with an RIS or a repeater and a modulation signature associated with the RIS or the repeater. The UE may selectively perform initial access using the SSB or search for another SSB based at least in part on the RIS or repeater assisted initial access information. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wooseok Nam, Yucheng Dai, Tao Luo, Peter Gaal, Junyi Li, Sony Akkarakaran
  • Patent number: 11689253
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique for convergence of an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart cart or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. The disclosure defines a mobility method for a terminal residing in a system in which transmission/reception points (TPRs), supporting solely some protocols among entire access stratum protocols comprising PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, and RRC, coexist in a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byounghoon Jung, Sunheui Ryoo, Jungmin Moon, Seunghoon Park, Jungsoo Jung
  • Patent number: 11687815
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate estimation of an expected energy value of a Hamiltonian based on data of the Hamiltonian, the quantum state produced by a quantum device and/or entangled measurements are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a selection component that selects a quantum state measurement basis having a probability defined based on a ratio of a Pauli operator in a Hamiltonian of a quantum system. The computer executable components can further comprise a measurement component that captures a quantum state measurement of a qubit in the quantum system based on the quantum state measurement basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rudy Raymond Harry Putra, Sergey Bravyi, Antonio Mezzacapo
  • Patent number: 11677437
    Abstract: Methods and devices for dynamically designated first and second subsets of a plurality of frequency channels as upstream and downstream channels, respectively, for performing wired communications using virtual segmentation between a network controller and an endpoint device. performing virtual segmentation to service an endpoint device. Communications are performed between the network controller and the endpoint device through a wired communication medium using the upstream and downstream channels. The first subset and second subsets of the plurality of channels are designated as upstream channels and downstream channels, respectively, based at least in part on one or both of upstream and downstream channel demand and channel availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Coherent Logix, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin A. Shelby, Michael B. Doerr
  • Patent number: 11671124
    Abstract: A feedforward echo cancellation device includes: a first impedance circuit for responding to a transmission current to output a first current to a node; an echo cancellation current generating circuit for drawing an echo cancellation current from the node; a circuit module that is coupled to the echo cancellation current generating circuit and the node has a first impedance value adjusted based on a system convergence index of a communication device, where the first impedance value is used to determine a gain of a programmable gain amplifier in the communication device; and a second impedance circuit for responding to the transmission current to output a second current to the node, where a second impedance value of the second impedance circuit is adjusted based on the first impedance value of the circuit module accordingly. Specifically, the node is coupled to an input terminal of the programmable gain amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Chien-Wen Chen, Meng-Chun Chang, Chih-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11669725
    Abstract: Using a buffer sized according to the size of the filters of a convolutional neural network (CNN), a processor may use a read pointer to generate a two-dimensional virtual matrix of inputs. The number of inputs in each row in the two-dimensional virtual matrix of inputs may match the one-dimensional filter size of the cubic filters. The processor may collapse each of the cubic filters to one-dimensional linear arrays and generate a two-dimensional filter matrix from the one-dimensional linear arrays. The convolution computations for a corresponding layer of the CNN therefore reduce to a single matrix multiplication without any memory movement operations. When the buffer is refreshed using a new input frame, the processor may increment the initial read address of each read pointer by one and increment the final read address by one, circling back to the corresponding initial read address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ananda Sarangaram Tharma Ranga Raja, Prasad Nikam, N D Divyakumar, Himanshu Singhal, Vijay Pawar, Sachin P. Ghanekar
  • Patent number: 11671292
    Abstract: A circuit for processing an N-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-N) signal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an input unit receiving an input signal; a main amplifier connected to the input unit to amplify the input signal with a first gain; and an output unit outputting an output signal of the main amplifier, and the circuit further comprises an auxiliary amplifier connected in parallel with the main amplifier between the input unit and the output unit to variably amplify at least a portion of the input signal and apply the signal to the output unit according to a linearity improvement control signal corresponding to the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: QUALITAS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hwan Jin, Jae Young Kim, Duho Kim
  • Patent number: 11671154
    Abstract: A method and a device for sending parameters of a precoder in a wireless communication system are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method comprises: sending, to a network node, an indication of a subset of beams selected from a plurality of orthogonal beams and an indication of power levels of the selected subset of beams, for a first frequency granularity; and sending, to the network node, an indication of phases of the selected subset of beams, for a second frequency granularity, wherein the indication of the selected beams, the indication of the power levels of the selected subset of beams and the indication of the phases of the selected subset of beams are part of the parameters of the precoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Sebastian Faxér, Svante Bergman
  • Patent number: 11671138
    Abstract: In described examples, an integrated circuit includes an on-off keying (OOK) digital isolator, which includes a first circuitry, a multiplexer, an OOK modulator, an isolation barrier, an OOK envelope detector, and a second circuitry. The first circuitry generates and outputs a calibration signal. The multiplexer has a data signal input, and an input coupled to a first circuitry output. An OOK modulator input is coupled to a multiplexer output. An isolation barrier input is coupled to an OOK modulator output. An OOK envelope detector input is coupled to an isolation barrier output. The second circuitry includes an input coupled to an OOK envelope detector output, and an output coupled to an OOK envelope detector control input. The second circuitry detects a duty cycle distortion (DCD) of the OOK envelope detector output, and outputs a control signal to change the OOK envelope detector output's duty cycle based on the detected DCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: RR Manikandan, Kumar Anurag Shrivastava, Robert Floyd Payne, Anant Shankar Kamath, Swaminathan Sankaran, Kishalay Datta, Siraj Akhtar, Mark Edward Wentroble, Suvadip Banerjee, Rakesh Hariharan, Gurumurti Kailaschandra Avhad
  • Patent number: 11658616
    Abstract: A frontend circuit for a radio frequency (RF) receiver comprises an RF amplifier circuit to receive an RF signal, a local oscillator (LO) circuit to produce a LO signal, a mixer circuit configured to mix the RF signal with the LO signal to produce a down-converted intermediate frequency (IF) signal, a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) circuit to receive the IF signal, and an error reduction circuit operatively coupled to the TIA circuit and configured to reduce voltage error caused by error charge from parasitic capacitance of the frontend circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventor: Debopam Banerjee