Patents Examined by Sonny Trinh
  • Patent number: 10819020
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communication technology, and disclose an antenna system and a mobile terminal. In the present disclosure, the antenna system includes: a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, a fourth antenna, and a fifth antenna, wherein the first antenna, the second antenna, the fourth antenna, and the fifth antenna constitute a 4*4 MIMO operating at 3300 MHz to 3600 MHz, the second antenna and the third antenna constitute a 2*2 MIMO operating at 4800 MHz˜5000 MHz, so that the antenna system of the present disclosure can support the operating band of the terminal in 5G communication, promoting the development of mobile terminal in the aspect of 5G communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianpeng Zhu, Li Han, Hua Jiang, Xufeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10812170
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antenna structure. The antenna structure includes a plurality of receiver paths that are ranked based on a preset manner to obtain a ranking order of each of the plurality of receiver paths; a plurality of antennas; and a switch disposed between the plurality of antennas and the plurality of receiver paths, wherein the switch is configured to change a connection relationship between the plurality of antennas and the plurality of receiver paths based on a signal strength of the plurality of antennas and the ranking order of the plurality of the receiver paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianan Liu, Zonglin Xue
  • Patent number: 10797648
    Abstract: A mixer module includes a mixer, at least one DC offset circuit, a filter and a controller. The mixer mixes an input signal to generate a first signal. The at least one DC offset circuit generates a second signal based on the first signal. The filter filters out an AC portion of the second signal and generates a third signal according to a DC portion of the second signal. The controller controls the at least one DC offset circuit based on the third signal to reduce a DC portion of the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: RichWave Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Ting-Yuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 10791205
    Abstract: Portable communication devices and related methods for use in supporting voice and/or data communication are provided. One example portable communication device includes a housing, an interface connector disposed at the housing. The interface connector is configured to couple to an accessory module configured to provide at least one accessory function. The example portable communication device also includes a processor disposed at least partially within the housing. The processor is coupled to the interface connector and is configured to determine whether a coupled accessory module is an approved module for use with the portable communication device, based on an identity of the accessory module, and if the accessory module is an approved module, enable power at the interface connector such that communication between the portable communication device and the accessory module is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Brian Scott Chapman
  • Patent number: 10790866
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a front plate disposed on a display, a back plate disposed on a back surface of the electronic device, a side member placed between the front plate and the back plate and forming an outer appearance of the electronic device together with the front plate and the back plate, and first, second, and third antenna modules including a plurality of conductive plates configured to transmit/receive a signal in a specified first frequency band and disposed between the front plate and the back plate so as to be adjacent to the side member. At least a portion of the side member is able to be used as an antenna of a signal in a specified second frequency band different from the specified first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungsik Park, Yoonjung Kim, Gyubok Park, Dongyeon Kim, Yonghwa Kim, Jinwoo Park, Jinho Lim
  • Patent number: 10778482
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a bit slicing circuit with a processing circuit. The processing circuit receives discrete frequency power estimates based on an S-FSK waveform received by an S-FSK receiver associated with the bit slicing circuit. The discrete frequency power estimates are representative of digital logic levels in a series of data frames modulated using S-FSK to form the S-FSK waveform. Each data frame including at least one word. Each word includes bit periods. The processing circuit receives SNR parameters that represent a dynamic SNR for the respective discrete frequency power estimates in relation to the series of data frames. The processing circuit selects a bit slicing technique from a set of available bit slicing techniques to generate data bit values for bit periods of the discrete frequency power estimates based on the SNR parameters. A method for performing bit slicing in an S-FSK receiver is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Nikolaus Klemmer, Amneh Mohammed Akour, Abhijit Anant Patki, Timothy Patrick Pauletti, Tarkesh Pande
  • Patent number: 10771215
    Abstract: First aperiodic zero power channel state information reference signal configuration information of a serving cell can be received. Second aperiodic zero power channel state information reference signal configuration information of the serving cell can be received. Downlink control information can be received on a physical control channel in a subframe of the serving cell. The downlink control information can include an aperiodic zero power channel state information reference signal indicator bit field that indicates a selection of one of at least the first aperiodic zero power channel state information reference signal configuration, the second aperiodic zero power channel state information reference signal configuration, and no aperiodic zero power channel state information reference signal in the subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Ajit Nimbalker, Vijay Nangia, Murali Narasimha, Ravikiran Nory
  • Patent number: 10771995
    Abstract: For determining operational status of components of a wireless signal transmission environment, a signal is received from a client power receiver (CPR), and at least one waveform characteristic value of the signal is calculated. Based on the determined waveform characteristic value(s), a current transceiver system operational status is computed for the CPR at a current location. The determined current transceiver system operational status is compared with a prior-stored last known good transceiver system operational status for the CPR at the current location, and it is determined if, as a result of the comparing, the current transceiver system operational status matches the prior-stored last known good transceiver system operational status for the CPR at the current location. Determining a presence or an absence of the match facilitates identifying one of a presence and an absence of: functional problem(s) in: at least one of the transceiver system and the CPR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Ossia Inc.
    Inventors: Hatem Ibrahim Zeine, Ahmad Moghaddam
  • Patent number: 10771116
    Abstract: A vibrating magnetic antenna for generating reversable magnetic dipoles is provided. Soft magnetic materials are used to project the magnetic field as the magnet moves linearly between soft magnetic stators arranged in a “Y” configuration. The soft magnetic stators include a nickel-iron alloy, having high magnetic permeability. Also provided is a magnetic coupling circuit for upshifting the frequency of the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
    Inventors: Dryver R Huston, Tian Xia, Dylan Burns, Dan Orfeo
  • Patent number: 10764738
    Abstract: A wireless communication coupling method and a terminal, where the method includes selecting, by a first terminal, a wireless coupling mode in a target application, determining a target identifier in an identifier list of the target application, sending, using a wireless network, a wireless coupling request for the wireless coupling mode to a second terminal corresponding to the target identifier, and establishing a wireless communication coupling in the wireless coupling mode to the second terminal when receiving an acknowledgement response to the wireless coupling request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Zhao, Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 10756771
    Abstract: A wireless switch comprising: a movable section provided to be freely displaceable; an operation unit elastically held by the movable section and, when in a non-neutral state, vibrating as a result of an action of elastic force that causes return to a neutral state and displacing the movable section in a direction corresponding to a direction of the vibration; a power generation unit generating a voltage of a polarity corresponding to a direction of displacement when the movable section has been displaced; a wireless transmission unit wirelessly transmitting a signal on the basis of power generated by the power generation unit; and a voltage supply control circuit, when the operation unit in the neutral state has been operated such that the operation unit is brought into a non-neutral state, supplying a voltage to the wireless transmission unit using power generated by the power generation unit at a time of an initial state change of the operation unit and then disabling voltage supply to the wireless transmi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Marumo, Yasushi Kawashima, Hajime Umeki, Junji Obata, Keisuke Yano
  • Patent number: 10756770
    Abstract: A system comprises an antenna, a port converting device, an information transmission device, a shield case, and a reference voltage end; wherein the antenna, the port converting device, and the information transmission device are connected sequentially, and the information transmission device is disposed within the shield case, and both the shield case and the port converting device is connected with the reference voltage end; the antenna is configured for a conversion between a radio frequency signal and a single-ended signal; the port converting device is configured for a conversion between the single-ended signal and target differential mode signals; the information transmission device is configured to transmit and process the target differential mode signals; and parameters of components in the port converting device is determined according to a preset communication frequency and a voltage amplitude and phase of a differential mode signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen Hou, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Jiechao Luo, Wenbin Lu, Jia Xu, Teng Yu
  • Patent number: 10749254
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for calibration of an array antenna system. A device may transmit a calibration signal from a first antenna element of an antenna array. The calibration signal may be generated by modulating a first signal having a first frequency with a modulation signal having a second frequency. The device may receive the calibration signal using a second antenna element of the antenna array. The device may analyze a sideband of the received calibration signal, where the sideband may be offset in frequency from the first frequency by the second frequency. The device may calibrate the array antenna system based on or more measured properties of the sideband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew Arnett, Dai Lu
  • Patent number: 10749477
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for series voltage regulation in an envelope tracking modulated supply. One example of an envelope tracking modulated supply includes a switched-mode power supply (SMPS), a voltage regulator, and a power amplifier having a supply input coupled to an output of the first voltage regulator. In certain aspects, the first voltage regulator is coupled in series between the power amplifier and two or more outputs the SMPS and is configured to generate a voltage at the output of the first voltage regulator based on an envelope of a signal to be amplified by the first power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Joseph Duncan, Ngai Yeung Ho, Kevin Lee Cobley
  • Patent number: 10742250
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display formed at a front face and a backside circuitry module formed at a rear face that opposes the front face. The backside circuitry module may be surrounded by coil structures and may be aligned with a protrusion in a rear wall housing at the rear face. The backside circuitry module may include a substrate to which sensor components or other components may be mounted. In particular, sensor circuitry, sensors, transceiver circuitry, connector circuitry, etc. may be mounted to the substrate. Antenna structures may be embedded within the substrate along with conductive paths for the sensor components and other components mounted to the substrate. Support structures in the backside circuitry module may support the substrate, sensor components, and other components. If desired, antenna structures may be formed on the support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Hiemstra, Jayesh Nath, Timothy B. Ogilvie
  • Patent number: 10743156
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device performing communication with a mobile terminal device includes a vehicle exterior communication unit, an in-vehicle detection unit that detects a vehicle present location, a vehicle interior communication unit that acquires detection information on an object from a detection unit, and an in-vehicle control unit that generates recognition information including position information on the object based on vehicle position information indicating the vehicle present location and the detection information on the object and makes the vehicle exterior communication unit deliver the recognition information. The vehicle exterior communication unit receives existence notification information transmitted from the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device receiving the recognition information judges that the in-vehicle device has not recognized existence of a first object equipped with the mobile terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Ujiie, Shinji Maeda, Yuka Takahashi, Hironobu Abe
  • Patent number: 10735037
    Abstract: Tunable filters, cancellers, and duplexers based on passive mixers. A tunable delay cell includes passive mixers electrically coupled together for receiving an input signal and outputting a delayed signal, each passive mixer comprising a plurality of mixer switches. The tunable delay includes a control circuit for providing, to each passive mixer, a respective plurality of local oscillator (LO) signals, one to each mixer switch of each passive mixer. The control circuit is configured to vary the LO signals to cause a target frequency band of the input signal to be delayed by a target delay time in propagating through the passive mixers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Brian Allan Floyd, Charley Theodore Wilson, III, Jeffrey Franklin Bonner-Stewart
  • Patent number: 10735040
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic gain shaper for open loop adaptive optimising of broadband microwave circuits, the gain shaper comprising operating parameter selection means adapted for providing one or more operating parameters; and a lossy tuning element operably coupled to the operating parameter selection means, wherein, in use, the gain shaper is adapted for receiving an operating mode; retrieving an operating parameter from the operating parameter selection means in accordance with the operating mode; and configuring the lossy tuning element in accordance with the operating parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Ashley Robinson, Nimish Pandey
  • Patent number: 10720899
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module utilizing carrier aggregation includes a switch circuit that includes one input terminal and three or more output terminals and that simultaneously connects the input terminal and each of two or more output terminals selected from the output terminals, signal paths that propagate signals of corresponding frequency bands, band pass filters in the signal paths, and variable matching circuits in the signal paths. The circuit states of the variable matching circuits are changed in accordance with a combination of two or more signal paths simultaneously connected to the input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Morio Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10717409
    Abstract: The method for a two-stage authorization of a charging operation includes a first stage and a second stage. In the first stage, a control device allocated to the charging station receives a terminal-side proof of authorization transmitted from a mobile terminal device. The first personal authorization of the charging station user is verified on the basis of the terminal-side proof of authorization, without any action of the charging station user being required. With the given first authorization, the charging cable is released. In the second stage, the vehicle-side proof of authorization is received and verified after the vehicle has been connected to the charging cable, whereupon in response to verification of the vehicle-side proof of authorization, a second authorization is carried out, due to which the charging operation is approved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Sebastian Bode