Patents by Inventor Bernd Pregardier
Bernd Pregardier 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).
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Publication number: 20240079774Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first digital beamformer (DBF) associated with a first subset of antennas of a phased array antenna, the first DBF including a transmit section associated with transmission of a first signal at a first frequency in a transmit mode and a receive section associated with receiving of a second signal at a second frequency in a receive mode, the second frequency being different from the first frequency. The apparatus includes a second DBF associated with a second subset of antennas of the phased array antenna. The first and second DBFs are configured to receive a local oscillator signal having the first frequency from a common local oscillator in the transmit mode and receive the local oscillator signal having the second frequency from the common local oscillator in the receive mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Masoud Kahrizi, Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Ali Sajjadi, Bagher Afshar, Babak Vakili-Amini, Alireza Mehrnia, Behzad Nourani, Bernd Pregardier
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Publication number: 20240039568Abstract: In an embodiment, a receiver included in a communications system is configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal from a phased array antenna, the RF signal comprising at least a portion of a plurality of data beams included in a single channel, generate a plurality of channel signals based on the RF signal. Generating the plurality of channel signals includes separating the RF signal into a plurality of channels in which each channel of the plurality of channels includes at least a portion of a respective subset of the plurality of data beams. The receiver is further configured to decode each data beam of the plurality of channel signals with a respective phase and a respective time delay. The receiver is further configured to output the plurality of data beams of the plurality of channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Alireza Mehrnia, Masoud Kahrizi, Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Bagher Afshar, Ali Sajjadi, Bernd Pregardier, Ka Shun Carson Pun, Omid Nasiby, Igor Elgorriaga
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Patent number: 11855362Abstract: In an embodiment, a device is included in a communications system, the device including a plurality of antenna elements configured in a phased array antenna; a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips, wherein each IC chip of the plurality of IC chips is associated with a respective subset of antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements, and wherein, for each IC chip of the plurality of IC chips, the associated subset of antenna elements is used for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals by the IC chip; and a local oscillator configured to generate a common local oscillator signal and provide the common local oscillator signal to each IC chip of the plurality of IC chips.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.Inventors: Masoud Kahrizi, Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Ali Sajjadi, Bagher Afshar, Babak Vakili-Amini, Alireza Mehrnia, Behzad Nourani, Bernd Pregardier
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Patent number: 11817894Abstract: In an embodiment, a receiver included in a communications system includes a channel extractor configured to segregate a received signal into a plurality of channel signals, wherein the plurality of channel signals includes a plurality of data signals; and a plurality of decoders electrically coupled to the channel extractor and configured to decode each of the plurality of channel signals into a respective plurality of decoded data beam portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.Inventors: Alireza Mehrnia, Masoud Kahrizi, Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Bagher Afshar, Ali Sajjadi, Bernd Pregardier, Ka Shun Carson Pun, Omid Nasiby, Igor Elgorriaga
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Publication number: 20230006706Abstract: In an embodiment, a receiver included in a communications system includes a channel extractor configured to segregate a received signal into a plurality of channel signals, wherein the plurality of channel signals includes a plurality of data signals; and a plurality of decoders electrically coupled to the channel extractor and configured to decode each of the plurality of channel signals into a respective plurality of decoded data beam portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Alireza Mehrnia, Masoud Kahrizi, Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Bagher Afshar, Ali Sajjadi, Bernd Pregardier, Ka Shun Carson Pun, Omid Nasiby, Igor Elgorriaga
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Patent number: 11483021Abstract: In an embodiment, a receiver included in a communications system includes a channel extractor configured to segregate a received signal into a plurality of channel signals, wherein the plurality of channel signals includes a plurality of data signals; and a plurality of decoders electrically coupled to the channel extractor and configured to decode each of the plurality of channel signals into a respective plurality of decoded data beam portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.Inventors: Alireza Mehrnia, Masoud Kahrizi, Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Bagher Afshar, Ali Sajjadi, Bernd Pregardier, Ka Shun Carson Pun, Omid Nasiby, Igor Elgorriaga
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Publication number: 20210194524Abstract: In an embodiment, a receiver included in a communications system includes a channel extractor configured to segregate a received signal into a plurality of channel signals, wherein the plurality of channel signals includes a plurality of data signals; and a plurality of decoders electrically coupled to the channel extractor and configured to decode each of the plurality of channel signals into a respective plurality of decoded data beam portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.Inventors: Alireza Mehrnia, Masoud Kahrizi, Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Bagher Afshar, Ali Sajjadi, Bernd Pregardier, Ka Shun Carson Pun, Omid Nasiby, Igor Elgorriaga
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Patent number: 10944442Abstract: In an embodiment, a receiver included in a communications system includes a channel extractor configured to segregate a received signal into a plurality of channel signals, wherein the plurality of channel signals includes a plurality of data signals; a plurality of phase shifters electrically coupled to the channel extractor and configured to decode each data signal of the plurality of data signals with a respective phase; and a plurality of time delay filters electrically coupled to the plurality of phase shifters and configured to decode each data signal of the plurality of data signals with a respective time delay, wherein the plurality of time delay filters outputs each subset of the plurality of data signals in a respective channel of the plurality of channels.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.Inventors: Alireza Mehrnia, Masoud Kahrizi, Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Bagher Afshar, Ali Sajjadi, Bernd Pregardier, Ka Shun Carson Pun, Omid Nasiby, Igor Elgorriaga
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Publication number: 20200388916Abstract: In an embodiment, a device is included in a communications system, the device including a plurality of antenna elements configured in a phased array antenna; a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips, wherein each IC chip of the plurality of IC chips is associated with a respective subset of antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements, and wherein, for each IC chip of the plurality of IC chips, the associated subset of antenna elements is used for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals by the IC chip; and a local oscillator configured to generate a common local oscillator signal and provide the common local oscillator signal to each IC chip of the plurality of IC chips.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.Inventors: Masoud Kahrizi, Alex Ahmad Mirzaei, Ali Sajjadi, Bagher Afshar, Babak Vakili-Amini, Alireza Mehrnia, Behzad Nourani, Bernd Pregardier
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Patent number: 9553615Abstract: A single hybrid receiver is provided for processing both single carrier and carrier aggregated (CA) communications signals where carriers are split into independent receive paths without any additional external components. The receiver receives all contiguous and non-contiguous intra-band CA and inter-band CA signals, including those of unequal bandwidths, allowing for improved rejection and balanced rejection of jamming signals on either side of the two carrier signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: Amir Hadji-Abdolhamid, Bernd Pregardier, Masoud Kahrizi
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Publication number: 20160182094Abstract: A single hybrid receiver is provided for processing both single carrier and carrier aggregated (CA) communications signals where carriers are split into independent receive paths without any additional external components. The receiver receives all contiguous and non-contiguous intra-band CA and inter-band CA signals, including those of unequal bandwidths, allowing for improved rejection and balanced rejection of jamming signals on either side of the two carrier signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: Amir Hadji-Abdolhamid, Bernd Pregardier, Masoud Kahrizi
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Patent number: 9356711Abstract: A technique to provide calibration in a receiver that receives multiple carriers and uses multiple receive signal paths to down-convert and process the multiple carrier signals.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Masoud Kahrizi, Bernd Pregardier
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Patent number: 9287901Abstract: A single hybrid receiver is provided for processing both single carrier and carrier aggregated (CA) communications signals where carriers are split into independent receive paths without any additional external components. The receiver receives all contiguous and non-contiguous intra-band CA and inter-band CA signals allowing for improved rejection and balanced rejection of jamming signals on either side of the two carrier signals.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Amir Hadji-Abdolhamid, Bernd Pregardier, Masoud Kahrizi
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Publication number: 20160043700Abstract: A wireless communications transmitter is divided into N binary weighted communication signal processing paths including both fixed and variable gain communication signal processing chains. Specific bit sequences are used to select a combination of fixed and variable gain signal processing paths to adjust to a desired transmitter output power. Alternately, high and low power communication signal processing paths are chosen as needed with the high power communication signal processing path including an odd order harmonic notch filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: Behnam Mohammadi, Masoud Kahrizi, Ahmad Mirzaei, Bernd Pregardier, John Cumming Leete
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Patent number: 9197179Abstract: A wireless communications transmitter is divided into N binary weighted communication signal processing paths including both fixed and variable gain communication signal processing chains. Specific bit sequences are used to select a combination of fixed and variable gain signal processing paths to adjust to a desired transmitter output power. Alternately, high and low power communication signal processing paths are chosen as needed with the high power communication signal processing path including an odd order harmonic notch filter.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Behnam Mohammadi, Masoud Kahrizi, Ahmad Mirzaei, Bernd Pregardier, John Cumming Leete
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Patent number: 9197381Abstract: Various configurations and arrangements of systems and methods for providing multi-carrier aggregation are described. A system in accordance with the disclosure can include a first mixer configured to receive a first signal in a first frequency band, a second mixer configured to receive a second signal in a second frequency band, a third mixer configured to receive the second signal in the second frequency band, and a fourth mixer configured to receive a third signal in a third frequency band. The system can further include a controller configured to selectively activate one of the first mixer and the second mixer, and selectively activate one of the third mixer and the fourth mixer.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Masoud Kahrizi, Bernd Pregardier, John Cumming Leete
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Publication number: 20150288467Abstract: A technique to provide calibration in a receiver that receives multiple carriers and uses multiple receive signal paths to down-convert and process the multiple carrier signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: Masoud Kahrizi, Bernd Pregardier
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Publication number: 20150092680Abstract: A technique to provide receiver processing of a plurality of component carrier signals that are received from one or more transmitting source by a terminal device, in which filtered component carrier signals are processed and aggregated in the terminal device. Two of the component carrier signals may be in a same frequency band grouping or two or more of the component carrier signals may be in a different band grouping. The receiver architecture allows for flexible processing of the component carrier signals by allocating the different bands into frequency band groupings to process the plurality of component carrier signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Masoud Kahrizi, Bernd Pregardier
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Publication number: 20150087245Abstract: A single hybrid receiver is provided for processing both single carrier and carrier aggregated (CA) communications signals where carriers are split into independent receive paths without any additional external components. The receiver receives all contiguous and non-contiguous intra-band CA and inter-band CA signals allowing for improved rejection and balanced rejection of jamming signals on either side of the two carrier signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Amir Hadji-Abdolhamid, Bernd Pregardier, Masoud Kahrizi
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Publication number: 20150065072Abstract: A wireless communications transmitter is divided into N binary weighted communication signal processing paths including both fixed and variable gain communication signal processing chains. Specific bit sequences are used to select a combination of fixed and variable gain signal processing paths to adjust to a desired transmitter output power. Alternately, high and low power communication signal processing paths are chosen as needed with the high power communication signal processing path including an odd order harmonic notch filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Behnam Mohammadi, Masoud Kahrizi, Ahmad Mirzaei, Bernd Pregardier, John Cumming Leete