Patents by Inventor Alan Pereira

Alan Pereira has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9755583
    Abstract: Enhancing the intermodulation performance of an RF power amplifier by determining a coarse time delay represented by an integer TI; determining a reference point for a transmitted signal waveform of the RF power amplifier; shifting the waveform by a set of offsets including a plurality of non-integer fractional steps; correlating the transmitted signal waveform with a feedback signal waveform to obtain a respective correlation value for each of corresponding fractional steps; obtaining an accurate fractional delay value by selecting a fractional step having a highest respective correlation value; applying the obtained correct fractional delay value to the transmitted signal waveform to provide a compensated transmitted signal waveform and combining the compensated transmitted signal waveform with the feedback signal waveform to reduce at least one intermodulation product of the RF power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Shavantha Kularatna, Christian Reichl, Bjoern Jelonnek, Alan Pereira, Glenn Schedeen, Sandeep Mehta
  • Publication number: 20160254788
    Abstract: Enhancing the intermodulation performance of an RF power amplifier by determining a coarse time delay represented by an integer TI; determining a reference point for a transmitted signal waveform of the RF power amplifier; shifting the waveform by a set of offsets including a plurality of non-integer fractional steps; correlating the transmitted signal waveform with a feedback signal waveform to obtain a respective correlation value for each of corresponding fractional steps; obtaining an accurate fractional delay value by selecting a fractional step having a highest respective correlation value; applying the obtained correct fractional delay value to the transmitted signal waveform to provide a compensated transmitted signal waveform and combining the compensated transmitted signal waveform with the feedback signal waveform to reduce at least one intermodulation product of the RF power amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Shavantha KULARATNA, Christian REICHL, Bjoern JELONNEK, Alan PEREIRA, Glenn SCHEDEEN, Sandeep MEHTA
  • Patent number: 9226189
    Abstract: At a current time, a current intermodulation content of a predistortion system is determined. An intermodulation ratio is determined using the current intermodulation content and a previous intermodulation content for the predistortion system. The previous intermodulation content is determined at a time previous to the current time. The determined intermodulation ratio is compared with stored intermodulation ratios. A warning is communicated in response to the comparing indicating the predistortion system is unhealthy. Apparatus and computer program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Shavantha Kularatna, Christian Reichl, Bjoern Jelonnek, Alan Pereira