Patents by Inventor Hiromune Nagai

Hiromune Nagai 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: 8804882
    Abstract: Suitable gain control is achieved at low cost. In a receiving apparatus, an RF signal that is amplified by an RF amp is converted to an IF frequency by a frequency conversion unit and amplified by an IF amp, then the output signal from the IF amp that was converted to a digital signal by an ADC is inputted to a digital processing unit. The output from the ADC is then filtered to a desired frequency by a digital filter and inputted to the digital processing unit. In the digital processing unit the signal power before filtering by the digital filter and the signal power after filtering by the digital filter are measured, and the power difference is calculated. Based on the power difference, which indicates the ratio of unnecessary power, the digital processing unit controls the gain ratio of the RF amp and IF amp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromune Nagai, Shinpei Matsuda, Hiroji Akahori
  • Publication number: 20110255642
    Abstract: Suitable gain control is achieved at low cost. In a receiving apparatus, an RF signal that is amplified by an RF amp is converted to an IF frequency by a frequency conversion unit and amplified by an IF amp, then the output signal from the IF amp that was converted to a digital signal by an ADC is inputted to a digital processing unit. The output from the ADC is then filtered to a desired frequency by a digital filter and inputted to the digital processing unit. In the digital processing unit the signal power before filtering by the digital filter and the signal power after filtering by the digital filter are measured, and the power difference is calculated. Based on the power difference, which indicates the ratio of unnecessary power, the digital processing unit controls the gain ratio of the RF amp and IF amp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicants: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD., CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromune Nagai, Shinpei Matsuda, Hiroji Akahori