Patents by Inventor Amir Dezfooliyan

Amir Dezfooliyan 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: 11656314
    Abstract: A receiver circuit is disclosed. The receiver circuit includes a receiver antenna or a receiver antenna arrays oriented at a receiver orientation angle and configured to receive a plurality of RF signals transmitted from a transmitter circuit including a transmit antenna or a transmit antenna array oriented at a transmitter orientation angle. A controller A) calculates first and second AoAs based on a first signal at a first receiver antenna array, and calculates third and fourth AoAs based on a second signal at a second receiver antenna array, and/or B) calculates first and second AoDs based on a third signal from a first transmit antenna array, and calculates third and fourth AoDs based on a fourth signal from a second transmit antenna array. The controller also determines which of the first and second AoAs is correct, and/or determines which of the first and second AoDs is correct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mohammad Ranjbar, Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis
  • Publication number: 20230109399
    Abstract: A transceiver circuit is disclosed. The transceiver circuit includes an antenna, a receiver RF chain configured to receive a receiver RF signal from the antenna, a transmitter RF chain configured to transmit a transmitter RF signal to the antenna, and a controller configured to cause the receiver RF chain to receive a first distance estimate between the antenna and another transceiver circuit, to calculate a second distance estimate between the antenna and the other transceiver circuit, and to determine a range estimate between the antenna and the other transceiver circuit based on the first distance estimate and the second distance estimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Mohammad RANJBAR, Amir DEZFOOLIYAN, Waleed YOUNIS
  • Patent number: 11621738
    Abstract: A transceiver circuit is disclosed. The transceiver circuit includes an antenna, a receiver RF chain configured to receive a receiver RF signal from the antenna, a transmitter RF chain configured to transmit a transmitter RF signal to the antenna, and a controller configured to cause the receiver RF chain to receive a first distance estimate between the antenna and another transceiver circuit, to calculate a second distance estimate between the antenna and the other transceiver circuit, and to determine a range estimate between the antenna and the other transceiver circuit based on the first distance estimate and the second distance estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mohammad Ranjbar, Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis
  • Patent number: 11619699
    Abstract: A receiver circuit is disclosed. The receiver circuit includes one or more receiver antennas configured to receive a plurality of RF signals transmitted from a transmitter circuit including one or more transmit antennas, an RF chain configured to generate a plurality of digitized samples of the received RF signals, and a controller configured to receive the digitized samples, to calculate a plurality of additional samples, and to calculate a measured angle of arrival or angle of departure (AoA or AoD) of the RF signals based on the digitized samples and the calculated additional samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mohammad Ranjbar, Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis
  • Publication number: 20230095335
    Abstract: A transceiver circuit is disclosed. The transceiver circuit includes an antenna, a receiver RF chain configured to receive a receiver RF signal from the antenna, a transmitter RF chain configured to transmit a transmitter RF signal to the antenna, and a controller configured to access a CFO (carrier frequency offset) estimate, and to, for each of one or more working frequencies: cause the receiver RF chain to receive a receiver RF signal from the antenna at each working frequency, generate I/Q measurement data based at least in part on the received receiver RF signal and the CFO estimate, store the I/Q measurement data, and cause the transmitter RF chain to transmit a transmitter RF signal to the antenna at each working frequency, where the controller is further configured to cause the transmitter RF chain to transmit the I/Q measurement data for each working frequency to the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Mohammad RANJBAR, Amir DEZFOOLIYAN, Waleed YOUNIS
  • Patent number: 11533076
    Abstract: A transceiver circuit is disclosed. The transceiver circuit includes an antenna, a receiver RF chain configured to receive a receiver RF signal from the antenna, a transmitter RF chain configured to transmit a transmitter RF signal to the antenna, a frequency synthesizer configured to generate an oscillator signal, and a controller configured to cause the receiver RF chain to receive a first reflection signal from the antenna, down convert the first reflection signal to a non-zero intermediate frequency, and determine a range estimate to another transceiver circuit based on a phase of the first reflection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mohammad Ranjbar, Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis
  • Patent number: 11522574
    Abstract: A transceiver is disclosed. The transceiver accesses a CFO (carrier frequency offset) estimate, and, for each of one or more working frequencies: transmits a transmitter RF signal at each working frequency, receives a receiver RF signal at each working frequency, and generates first I/Q measurement data based at least in part on the received receiver RF signal and the CFO estimate. In some embodiments, the transceiver receives I/Q measurement information for each working frequency. In some embodiments, the transceiver generates second I/Q measurement data based at least in part on the received I/Q measurement information. In some embodiments, the transceiver estimates a distance between the antenna and an antenna of another device based at least in part on the first and second I/Q measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mohammad Ranjbar, Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis
  • Patent number: 11483052
    Abstract: A receiver is disclosed. The receiver includes one or more antennas receiving signals from a transmitter including one or more antennas, and at least one RF chain generating digital samples based on the received signals. Either A) the signals are transmitted by a single antenna of the transmitter and are received by multiple antennas of the receiver, or B) the signals are transmitted by multiple antennas of the transmitter and are received by a single antenna of the receiver. The receiver also includes a controller determining a plurality of groups of digital samples to use for calculating estimates of an AoA or AoD of the received signals, calculate estimates of AoA or AoD based on the groups of digital samples, select a subset of the estimates, and calculate a measured AoA or AoD based on the selected subset of estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mohammad Ranjbar, Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis
  • Publication number: 20220099784
    Abstract: A receiver circuit is disclosed. The receiver circuit includes a receiver antenna or a receiver antenna arrays oriented at a receiver orientation angle and configured to receive a plurality of RF signals transmitted from a transmitter circuit including a transmit antenna or a transmit antenna array oriented at a transmitter orientation angle. A controller A) calculates first and second AoAs based on a first signal at a first receiver antenna array, and calculates third and fourth AoAs based on a second signal at a second receiver antenna array, and/or B) calculates first and second AoDs based on a third signal from a first transmit antenna array, and calculates third and fourth AoDs based on a fourth signal from a second transmit antenna array. The controller also determines which of the first and second AoAs is correct, and/or determines which of the first and second AoDs is correct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Mohammad Ranjbar, Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis
  • Publication number: 20220099783
    Abstract: One inventive aspect is a receiver circuit. The receiver circuit includes a controller selecting a receiver antenna array and/or a transmit antenna array. The controller also calculates a first AoA and/or a first AoD based on signals from the selected receiver and/or transmit antenna array. The controller also, in response to the absolute value of the first AoA minus ?/2 not being less than or equal to the AoA threshold angle, selects a different receiver antenna array, and calculates a second AoA based on digitized samples of RF signals from the selected different receiver antenna array. The controller also, in response to the absolute value of the first AoD minus ?/2 not being less than or equal to the AoD threshold angle, selects a different transmit antenna array, and calculates a second AoD based on digitized samples of RF signals from the selected different transmit antenna array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Mohammad Ranjbar, Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis
  • Publication number: 20220065974
    Abstract: A receiver circuit is disclosed. The receiver circuit includes one or more receiver antennas configured to receive a plurality of RF signals transmitted from a transmitter circuit including one or more transmit antennas, an RF chain configured to generate a plurality of digitized samples of the received RF signals, and a controller configured to receive the digitized samples, to calculate a plurality of additional samples, and to calculate a measured angle of arrival or angle of departure (AoA or AoD) of the RF signals based on the digitized samples and the calculated additional samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Mohammad Ranjbar, Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis
  • Publication number: 20220069886
    Abstract: A receiver is disclosed. The receiver includes one or more antennas receiving signals from a transmitter including one or more antennas, and at least one RF chain generating digital samples based on the received signals. Either A) the signals are transmitted by a single antenna of the transmitter and are received by multiple antennas of the receiver, or B) the signals are transmitted by multiple antennas of the transmitter and are received by a single antenna of the receiver. The receiver also includes a controller determining a plurality of groups of digital samples to use for calculating estimates of an AoA or AoD of the received signals, calculate estimates of AoA or AoD based on the groups of digital samples, select a subset of the estimates, and calculate a measured AoA or AoD based on the selected subset of estimates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Mohammad Ranjbar, Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis
  • Patent number: 10785079
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving a reference signal from a transceiver, estimating a time offset (TO) of the reference signal in the frequency domain based on a spectral phase ramp introduced by the TO, compensating the TO of the reference signal based on the estimated TO in the frequency domain by applying the spectral phase ramp to the received reference signal, and providing a TO compensated signal of the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Amir Dezfooliyan, Vignesh Sethuraman, Hamed Maleki, Linbo Li, Kee-Bong Song
  • Patent number: 10778153
    Abstract: Techniques are described for crest factor reduction in power amplifier circuits. For example, crest factor reduction can keep the peak signal level of a signal for transmission to below a peak threshold level associated with a power amplifier in the transmission path. The signal is received by the crest factor reduction system and clipped in accordance with the peak threshold level. Edge smoothing is then applied to the clipped signal to reduce out-of-band emissions. The edge smoothing is implemented by a moving average filter, such as a time-domain box filter. In some embodiments, a maximum operation or minimum operation is used to prevent signal peak regrowth after the filtering. Some embodiments also include various iteration loops to further improve crest factor reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis, Tobias Seifert, Gunnar Nitsche
  • Publication number: 20200177138
    Abstract: Techniques are described for crest factor reduction in power amplifier circuits. For example, crest factor reduction can keep the peak signal level of a signal for transmission to below a peak threshold level associated with a power amplifier in the transmission path. The signal is received by the crest factor reduction system and clipped in accordance with the peak threshold level. Edge smoothing is then applied to the clipped signal to reduce out-of-band emissions. The edge smoothing is implemented by a moving average filter, such as a time-domain box filter. In some embodiments, a maximum operation or minimum operation is used to prevent signal peak regrowth after the filtering. Some embodiments also include various iteration loops to further improve crest factor reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis, Tobias Seifert, Gunnar Nitsche
  • Patent number: 10594269
    Abstract: Techniques are described for crest factor reduction in power amplifier circuits. For example, crest factor reduction can keep the peak signal level of a signal for transmission to below a peak threshold level associated with a power amplifier in the transmission path. The signal is received by the crest factor reduction system and clipped in accordance with the peak threshold level. Edge smoothing is then applied to the clipped signal to reduce out-of-band emissions. The edge smoothing is implemented by a moving average filter, such as a time-domain box filter. In some embodiments, a maximum operation or minimum operation is used to prevent signal peak regrowth after the filtering. Some embodiments also include various iteration loops to further improve crest factor reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis, Tobias Seifert, Gunnar Nitsche
  • Publication number: 20200052656
    Abstract: Techniques are described for crest factor reduction in power amplifier circuits. For example, crest factor reduction can keep the peak signal level of a signal for transmission to below a peak threshold level associated with a power amplifier in the transmission path. The signal is received by the crest factor reduction system and clipped in accordance with the peak threshold level. Edge smoothing is then applied to the clipped signal to reduce out-of-band emissions. The edge smoothing is implemented by a moving average filter, such as a time-domain box filter. In some embodiments, a maximum operation or minimum operation is used to prevent signal peak regrowth after the filtering. Some embodiments also include various iteration loops to further improve crest factor reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Amir Dezfooliyan, Waleed Younis, Tobias Seifert, Gunnar Nitsche
  • Publication number: 20190363922
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving a reference signal from a transceiver, estimating a time offset (TO) of the reference signal in the frequency domain based on a spectral phase ramp introduced by the TO, compensating the TO of the reference signal based on the estimated TO in the frequency domain by applying the spectral phase ramp to the received reference signal, and providing a TO compensated signal of the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Amir DEZFOOLIYAN, Vignesh SETHURAMAN, Hamed MALEKI, Linbo LI, Kee-Bong SONG
  • Patent number: 10419248
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided in which a signal is received at a receiver. A processor of the receiver computes frequency offset (FO) inter-carrier interference (ICI) compensation, based on a real matrix part of an approximate ICI matrix and an FO estimated from the received signal. The processor applies the FO ICI compensation to the received signal in a frequency domain to produce an ICI compensated output. The processor applies a phase rotation to the ICI compensated output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Amir Dezfooliyan, Vignesh Sethuraman, Hyukjoon Kwon, Hamed Maleki, Linbo Li, Kee-Bong Song
  • Patent number: 10382244
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving a reference signal from a transceiver, estimating a time offset (TO) of the reference signal in the frequency domain based on an accumulation of subcarriers before cross-correlation, providing a TO compensated signal of the reference signal based on the estimated TO in the frequency domain, transforming the TO compensated signal into the time domain, and estimating a frequency offset (FO) based on the time domain TO compensated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Amir Dezfooliyan, Vignesh Sethuraman, Hamed Maleki, Linbo Li, Kee-Bong Song