Patents by Inventor Håkan Malmqvist

Håkan Malmqvist 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: 9385764
    Abstract: A digital pre-distortion arrangement is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a respective filter bank for each of two or more initial signals to be amplified simultaneously by a non-linear power amplifier, N combiners, N pre-distorters and a multiplexer. Each respective filter bank comprises N interrelated filters. Multiplexed impulse responses of the interrelated filters define an overall filter function comprising a pass band associated with a transmission frequency of the initial signal. Each respective filter bank is configured to filter the respective initial signal in each of the interrelated filters to produce N digital filtered signals. The initial signal and each of the digital filtered signals have sample rate R. Each of the combiners is configured to combine corresponding digital filtered signals of each of the two or more initial signals to produce a composite digital signal having sample rate R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Leonard Rexberg, Håkan Malmqvist
  • Patent number: 9215120
    Abstract: Clipping a widely-separated, multi-carrier signal is effectively performed without having to use a high sampling speed. Clipping is performed in a first stage at a combined signal level, but with a predetermined carrier separation of at least twice the channel bandwidth (2CBW), followed by repositioning the carriers at baseband zero frequency. After clipping, carriers are placed at their respective center frequencies with full carrier separation reintroduced in a second stage. Iterative clipping stages smooth out signal reshaping and re-settled amplitudes for combined carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Leonard Rexberg, Håkan Malmqvist
  • Publication number: 20150318880
    Abstract: A digital pre-distortion arrangement is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a respective filter bank for each of two or more initial signals to be amplified simultaneously by a non-linear power amplifier, N combiners, N pre-distorters and a multiplexer. Each respective filter bank comprises N interrelated filters. Multiplexed impulse responses of the interrelated filters define an overall filter function comprising a pass band associated with a transmission frequency of the initial signal. Each respective filter bank is configured to filter the respective initial signal in each of the interrelated filters to produce N digital filtered signals. The initial signal and each of the digital filtered signals have sample rate R. Each of the combiners is configured to combine corresponding digital filtered signals of each of the two or more initial signals to produce a composite digital signal having sample rate R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Leonard Rexberg, Håkan Malmqvist
  • Patent number: 8665141
    Abstract: Embodiments herein include a method for obtaining a calibration parameter for an antenna array. The antenna array comprises a first and a second radio module with respective associated antennas, wherein both radio modules comprise a main transmitter and a connected calibration receiver or both radio modules comprise a main receiver and a connected calibration transmitter. The method comprises: injecting a first calibration signal in the first radio module and measuring a first response to the first calibration in the first radio module. This injecting and measuring is repeated for all combinations of the first and second radio modules. Finally, a numerical value is calculated using the responses; a calibration parameter is calculated based on the calculated numerical value. Embodiments herein also include a corresponding antenna array, computer program and computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Håkan Malmqvist, Leonard Rexberg
  • Publication number: 20130163512
    Abstract: Clipping a widely-separated, multi-carrier signal is effectively performed without having to use a high sampling speed. Clipping is performed in a first stage at a combined signal level, but with a predetermined carrier separation of at least twice the channel bandwidth (2CBW), followed by repositioning the carriers at baseband zero frequency. After clipping, carriers are placed at their respective center frequencies with full carrier separation reintroduced in a second stage. Iterative clipping stages smooth out signal reshaping and re-settled amplitudes for combined carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Leonard REXBERG, Håkan MALMQVIST
  • Patent number: 8457192
    Abstract: A switch-modulator for a radio-frequency power amplifier, arranged to modulate the I-signal and the Q-signal of the complex components (I+j·Q) separately in an I-signal part and a Q-signal part in order to create a modulated I-signal pulse sequence and a modulated Q-signal pulse sequence, wherein the modulation comprises a time-shift of the pulse positions within a sample interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventor: Håkan Malmqvist
  • Patent number: 8416126
    Abstract: Embodiments herein include a method for obtaining a calibration parameter for an antenna array. The antenna array comprises a first and a second radio module with respective associated antennas, wherein both radio modules comprise a main transmitter and a connected calibration receiver or both radio modules comprise a main receiver and a connected calibration transmitter. The method comprises: injecting a first calibration signal in the first radio module and measuring a first response to the first calibration in the first radio module. This injecting and measuring is repeated for all combinations of the first and second radio modules. Finally, a numerical value is calculated using the responses; a calibration parameter is calculated based on the calculated numerical value. Embodiments herein also include a corresponding antenna array, computer program and computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Håkan Malmqvist, Leonard Rexberg
  • Publication number: 20120139776
    Abstract: Embodiments herein include a method for obtaining a calibration parameter for an antenna array. The antenna array comprises a first and a second radio module with respective associated antennas, wherein both radio modules comprise a main transmitter and a connected calibration receiver or both radio modules comprise a main receiver and a connected calibration transmitter. The method comprises: injecting a first calibration signal in the first radio module and measuring a first response to the first calibration in the first radio module. This injecting and measuring is repeated for all combinations of the first and second radio modules. Finally, a numerical value is calculated using the responses; a calibration parameter is calculated based on the calculated numerical value. Embodiments herein also include a corresponding antenna array, computer program and computer program product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Håkan Malmqvist, Leonard Rexberg
  • Patent number: 7932790
    Abstract: Switch-modulation of a radio-frequency power amplifier by-representing the input signal by the I-signal (1) and Q-signal (9) of the complex components (I+j?Q), and pulse width modulating the I-signal and the Q-signal separately to create a modulated I-signal pulse sequence (3a) and a modulated Q-signal pulse sequence (3b). Further, the pulses corresponding to negative sample values are time-shifted relative the pulses corresponding to positive sample values, and each pulse of the I-signal pulse sequence is delayed by introducing a delaying time shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Leonard Rexberg, Håkan Malmqvist, Thomas Lejon
  • Publication number: 20100097153
    Abstract: Switch-modulation of a radio-frequency power amplifier by-representing the input signal by the I-signal (1) and Q-signal (9) of the complex components (I+j?Q), and pulse width modulating the I-signal and the Q-signal separately to create a modulated I-signal pulse sequence (3a) and a modulated Q-signal pulse sequence (3b). Further, the pulses corresponding to negative sample values are time-shifted relative the pulses corresponding to positive sample values, and each pulse of the I-signal pulse sequence is delayed by introducing a delaying time shift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Leonard Rexberg, Håkan Malmqvist, Thomas Lejon
  • Publication number: 20100014575
    Abstract: A switch-modulator (15) for a radio-frequency power amplifier, arranged to modulate the I-signal and the Q-signal of the complex components (I+j.Q) separately in an I-signal part (2a) and a Q-signal part (2b) in order to create a modulated I-signal pulse sequence and a modulated Q-signal pulse sequence, said modulation comprising a time-shift of the pulse positions within a sample interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Håkan Malmqvist