Abstract: A peak detector for a power amplifier is provided that includes a threshold voltage detector configured to pulse a detection current in response to an amplified output signal from the amplifier exceeding a peak threshold. A plurality of such peak detectors may be integrated with a corresponding plurality of power amplifiers in a transmitter. Should any peak detector assert an alarm signal or more than a threshold number of alarm signals during a given period, a controller reduces a gain for the plurality of power amplifiers.

Abstract: A radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC), including a power amplifier (PA) connected to an antenna through a first electromagnetic (EM) element, the PA configured to receive a transmit signal from a second EM element, a low noise amplifier (LNA) connected to the first EM element and the second EM element, the power amplifier and the LNA comprising separate amplifier cores, and wherein the first EM element comprises a first plurality of interwound windings occupying a first common area and the second EM element comprises a second plurality of interwound windings occupying a second common area.

Abstract: Certain aspects provide a method for object detection. The method generally includes: transmitting, via a first antenna, a transmit signal generated via a first transmit chain, the transmit signal being generated based on a mixer output signal; receiving a first receive signal via a first receive chain coupled to a second antenna, the first receive signal being associated with the transmit signal; generating, via a first phase shifter, a first phase-shifted signal based on an adjustment signal received via a signal path coupled to the first transmit chain, the adjustment signal being generated based on the mixer output signal; combining the first phase-shifted signal and the first receive signal to generated a combined receive signal, wherein a phase-shift setting of the first phase shifter is controlled based on at least one of a mutual coupling component or a phase noise of the combined receive signal.

Abstract: Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a device. The method generally includes: transmitting a transmit signal via a first antenna; receiving a first receive signal via a second antenna and a second receive signal via a third antenna, the first receive signal and the second receive signal being associated with the transmit signal; generating a first phase-shifted signal via a first phase shifter based on the first receive signal, and a second phase-shifted signal via a second phase shifter based on the second receive signal; and combining the first phase-shifted signal and the second phase-shifted signal to generate a combined receive signal, wherein a phase-shift setting of at least one of the first phase shifter or the second phase shifter is controlled based on at least one of a mutual coupling component or a phase noise of the combined receive signal.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for oscillator leakage calibration. In example aspects, the apparatus includes a mixer circuit and calibration circuitry. The mixer circuit has a first stage including at least one transistor coupled between a mixer input and a mixer output and a second stage including one or more transistors coupled between the at least one transistor and the mixer output. The mixer circuit also has tuning circuitry coupled to the at least one transistor. The calibration circuitry includes at least one resistor coupled between a power distribution node and at least one mixer node, with the at least one mixer node coupled between the at least one transistor and the one or more transistors, and at least one switch coupled between the power distribution node and the at least one mixer node. The calibration circuitry also includes controller circuitry coupled between the mixer node and the tuning circuitry.

Abstract: Some embodiments address technical challenges arising from efforts to identify and mitigate security risks, in particular but not only, risks that sensitive data will be exfiltrated. Some embodiments provide or utilize an anomaly detector which is configured to detect a security anomaly in data based on at least a distribution of sensitive information type documents in a collection of documents and classifications of documents by trainable classifiers based on machine learning. Some embodiments provide or utilize a security policy generator which is configured to proactively and automatically generate security policy recommendations, rank at least two of the security policy recommendations, and present at least one top-ranked generated security policy recommendation in a user interface. Some embodiments generate a security policy in a managed computing system based on at least an anomaly score, and then configure the managed computing system according to the generated security policy.

Abstract: An inductor structure includes a first quadrupole inductor, and a second quadrupole inductor, wherein the second quadrupole inductor overlaps the first quadrupole inductor. In certain aspects, the inductor structure may be included in a filter, which may also include one or more capacitors coupled to the inductor structure.

Abstract: An inductor structure has a first terminal and a second terminal, and includes a conductor path between the first terminal and the second terminal. The conductor path includes a first inductor, a second inductor, a third inductor, a fourth inductor, a fifth inductor, and a sixth inductor. The conductor path may be configured such that, when a current flows from the first terminal to the second terminal, the current flows in a first direction in the first inductor, the third inductor, and the fifth inductor, and the current flows in a second direction in the second inductor, the fourth inductor, and the sixth inductor. The first direction may be clockwise and the second direction may be counterclockwise, or vice versa.

Abstract: A method of transducing signals includes: transducing first signals, of frequencies above at least 24 GHz, between first wireless signals and first guided signals, using a plurality of first antenna elements comprising at least one first substrate and at least one ground conductor; and transducing second signals, of frequencies within at least a portion of a frequency range between 8 GHz and 24 GHz, between second wireless signals and second guided signals, using at least one second antenna element each comprising a transducer disposed on a second substrate that at least partially overlaps an active component set and the at least one first substrate, or disposed on at least one of the at least one first substrate, the active component set being configured to provide signals for wireless transmission, or configured to process wirelessly-received signals, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: In certain aspects, a method is provided for measuring power using a resistive element coupled between a power amplifier and an antenna. The method includes squaring a voltage from a first terminal of the resistive element to obtain a first signal, squaring a voltage from a second terminal of the resistive element to obtain a second signal, and generating a measurement signal based on a difference between the first signal and the second signal. In some implementations, the resistive element is implemented with a power switch.

Abstract: A filter circuit includes a matching network having resistive and capacitive elements, and a transformer in the matching network. The transformer includes a primary side and a secondary side, and has at least one interwinding capacitance coupled from an input on the primary side to a non-inverting output on the secondary side.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for sharing digital-to-analog (DAC) converters in a reconfigurable DAC circuit to support two or more transmit chains of a wireless transmitter configured for different radio access technologies (RATs) and/or different transmitter architectures. One example DAC circuit generally includes at least four DACs and a plurality of switches coupled to outputs of the at least four DACs such that the DAC circuit is configured as a multi-channel DAC circuit with at least four channels for a first set of one or more frequency bands and as an interleaved DAC circuit with at least two channels for a second set of one or more frequency bands different from the first set of frequency bands.

Abstract: A transmit (TX) local oscillator (LO) leakage calibration circuit including a transceiver having a transmit portion and a receive portion, an interface circuit connected to the transmit portion and the receive portion, an impedance control circuit connected to a low noise amplifier (LNA) in the receive portion, the impedance control circuit configured to adjust an input impedance for the LNA, a power detector coupled to an output of the LNA, and a local oscillator cancellation element connected to the power detector, the local oscillator cancellation element configured to adjust an input to the transmit portion based on TX LO leakage detected by the power detector.

Abstract: An integrated circuit operable to measure an impedance presented to a transmitter path of the integrated circuit and a method thereof are provided. The integrated circuit includes a directional coupler that has an input port, a through port, a coupled port, and an isolation port. The integrated circuit also includes a power amplifier coupled to the input port of the directional coupler, a power detector configured to measure output levels from the coupled port and the isolation port of the directional coupler, a reference signal generator coupled to the isolation port of the directional coupler, and a vector modulator configured to adjust a phase of a signal generated from the power amplifier.

Abstract: A dual mode notch filter for use in a multi-band millimeter wave (mmW) transmitter includes a transmit filter circuit disposed between two amplifiers in a mmW transmit signal path, the transmit filter circuit formed by at least one switch, at least one capacitor, and a double-tuned transformer, the transmit filter circuit having at least two modes configured to selectively filter a spurious signal in at least a first communication band.

Abstract: Aspects of the present relate to reflection type phase shifters for radio frequency (RF) wireless devices. Reflection type phase structures in accordance with aspects described herein can improve device performance with compact configurations, such as where magnetic and capacitive coupling is integrated into a device design to integrate interactions between elements for improved phase shifting performance in a compact design with wideband performance.

Abstract: In certain aspects, a method is provided for measuring power using a resistive element coupled between a power amplifier and an antenna. The method includes squaring a voltage from a first terminal of the resistive element to obtain a first signal, squaring a voltage from a second terminal of the resistive element to obtain a second signal, and generating a measurement signal based on a difference between the first signal and the second signal. In some implementations, the resistive element is implemented with a power switch.

Abstract: In certain aspects, a method is provided for measuring power using a resistive element coupled between a power amplifier and an antenna. The method includes squaring a voltage from a first terminal of the resistive element to obtain a first signal, squaring a voltage from a second terminal of the resistive element to obtain a second signal, and generating a measurement signal based on a difference between the first signal and the second signal. In some implementations, the resistive element is implemented with a power switch.

Abstract: A system for power amplifier control includes a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, wherein the processor and the memory are configured to simultaneously provide input signal strength of each of a plurality of power amplifiers in a millimeter wave (mmW) phased array system, determine an average input signal strength of the plurality of power amplifiers based on the provided input signal strengths using an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), determine a voltage headroom for the plurality of power amplifiers based on the determined average input signal strength, estimate a power backoff value based on the voltage headroom, and determine a gain control value based on the estimated power backoff value.

Abstract: An integrated circuit operable to measure an impedance presented to a transmitter path of the integrated circuit and a method thereof are provided. The integrated circuit includes a directional coupler that has an input port, a through port, a coupled port, and an isolation port. The integrated circuit also includes a power amplifier coupled to the input port of the directional coupler, a power detector configured to measure output levels from the coupled port and the isolation port of the directional coupler, a reference signal generator coupled to the isolation port of the directional coupler, and a vector modulator configured to adjust a phase of a signal generated from the power amplifier.