Patents by Inventor Jiunn-Tsair Chen

Jiunn-Tsair Chen 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: 7733978
    Abstract: A digital adaptive predistorter look up table (DAPD-LUT) technique dynamically adapts a look up table (LUT) an LUT spacing for linearizing a power amplifier (PA). It optimizes the LUT spacing for the PA without prior knowledge of system state information. A size-N LUT divides a whole unsaturated PA input amplitude range into N bins, each predistorted by an entry of the LUT. The LUT is indexed by an input amplitude of a modulated signal via an index mapper to implement an unconditionally non-uniform LUT spacing. A spacing adaptor online interactively adapts the LUT spacing. The adapted LUT spacing balances the inter-modulation distortion (IMD) power at the PA output corresponding to each bin, so that the total IMD power at the PA output is minimized. This dynamically-optimum technique is practical, robust, and with low complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Lin, Jiunn-Tsair Chen
  • Publication number: 20100135320
    Abstract: A rate adaptation method comprises the steps of: updating the probability density function of the SNR of a transmitted signal according to the receiving status of the transmitted signal and the probability density function before update; and updating the transmission rate of the transmitted signal according the updated probability density function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yung Szu Tu, Jiunn Tsair Chen
  • Publication number: 20100097137
    Abstract: A lookup table generation method for a predistorter comprises sending a first single tone signal with a maximum expected amplitude to a channel simulation device including the power amplifier, estimating a closed loop gain and a closed loop phase of the power amplifier according to the first single tone signal and a first simulation output signal generated outputted by the channel simulation device, sending a plurality of single tone signals to the channel simulation device, each single tone signal having an amplitude different from all others of the plurality of single tone signals and lower than the maximum expected amplitude, generating a plurality of predistortion parameters according to the closed loop gain, the closed loop phase, the plurality of single tone signals and a plurality of simulation output signals outputted by the channel simulation device, and storing the plurality of predistortion parameters in a lookup table of the predistorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Wen-Sheng Hou, Yun-Shen Chang, Chun-Hsien Wen, Jiunn-Tsair Chen
  • Patent number: 7688830
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for fully-distributed packet scheduling in a wireless network. The decoding algorithm with low-density parity-check code is applied in a transmission wireless network to achieve the fully-distributed packet scheduling. In the packet scheduling, only one wireless network node is needed to exchange information and communicate with its neighboring network nodes. Therefore, it is not necessary to estimate the signal to noise ratio, while being eye to eye among the neighboring network nodes. If the network load exceeds the network capacity, the present invention automatically eliminates the most difficult user to reduce the overall network load and diverts the resources to the surviving users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yao-Nan Lee, Jiunn-Tsair Chen
  • Publication number: 20100026385
    Abstract: A calibration device for a power amplifier includes a calculation unit, a first storage unit and a multiplier. The calculation unit is utilized for generating a calibration factor according to a value of a characteristic parameter of the power amplifier. The first storage unit coupled to the calculation unit, for storing the calibration factor. The multiplier is coupled to the first storage unit and a baseband unit, for multiplying a baseband signal outputted from the baseband unit by the calibration factor for generating an input signal to the power amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Wen, Yun-Shen Chang, Wen-Sheng Hou, Chien-Cheng Lin, Jiunn-Tsair Chen
  • Publication number: 20090291645
    Abstract: A RF transceiver includes an antenna, a receiver, a baseband circuit, a transmitter, and a T/R switch circuit. The T/R switch circuit is used for coupling the antenna and the receiver or coupling the antenna and the transmitter. The T/R switch circuit is coupled to the baseband circuit so as to receive biases provided from the baseband circuit. The T/R switch circuit includes four transistors and a power detector. The power detector detects the power of the output signal of the T/R switch circuit, so that the baseband circuit can adjust biases provided to the T/R switch circuit according to the power of the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Chun-Hsueh Chu, Jiunn-Tsair Chen
  • Publication number: 20090262862
    Abstract: A signal transmitting apparatus for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system comprises a compandor, a predistortor, a power amplifier and a feedback module. The compandor is configured to compress and expand a transmitted signal. The predistortor is configured to perform a predistortion operation on output signals of the compandor. The power amplifier is configured to amplify output signals of the predistortor. The feedback module is configured to adjust parameters of the compandor and the predistortor based on a feedback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiunn Tsair Chen, Yun Shen Chang, Chih Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20090262004
    Abstract: A method for detecting radar signals comprises the steps of: receiving signals detected by a master device; receiving signals detected by a slave device; detecting radar pulses from the signals received by the master device; detecting radar pulses from the signals received by the slave device; and determining radar signals by combining the radar pulses detected by the master device and slave device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHUN HSIEN WEN, CHIH KUN CHANG, JIUNN TSAIR CHEN
  • Publication number: 20090254797
    Abstract: Considering both performance and cost of an iterative receiver, the present invention provides an iterative signal receiving method for a wireless communications system. The iterative signal receiving method includes utilizing a channel estimating (CE) process to perform channel estimation for a received signal according to first log-likelihood ratio (LLR) data to generate second LLR data, and then generating the first LLR data according to an error correction code (ECC) decoding process and the second LLR data. When the ECC decoding process is a convolutional decoding process, the CE process is a zero-forcing process, a minimum mean square error (MMSE) process or an interpolation-based process. When the ECC decoding process is a low density parity check code (LDPC) decoding process, the CE process is a maximum likelihood (ML) process or a maximum a posteriori (MAP) process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsuan Wu, Yao-Nan Lee, Jiunn-Tsair Chen
  • Publication number: 20090245400
    Abstract: A method that selects an error-correction code for use in a multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication system is disclosed that optimizes the performance of the MIMO wireless communication system. The method selects the error-correction code according to at least one system parameter and at least one channel parameter of the MIMO wireless communication system, such that the selected error-correction code matches the hardware configuration and channel setting of the MIMO wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiunn-Tsair Chen, Cheng-Hsuan Wu, Yai-Nan Lee
  • Publication number: 20090238315
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a signal processing device and a signal processing method. The signal processing device includes a plurality of receiving devices, a storage module, a weighting module, and a processing module. Each of the receiving devices is capable of receiving an original signal stream, thus the plurality of receiving devices can generate a set of signal streams. The storage module is used for storing a plurality set of signal streams generated by the plurality of receiving devices. The weighting module can generate plurality sets of rotated signal streams according to a reference phase and the plurality sets of signal streams, and further generate a set of weighting signal according to the rotated signal streams. And, the processing module can generate a set of weighting signal streams according to the set of weighting signal and the plurality set of signal streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Yun-Shen CHANG, Jiunn-Tsair CHEN
  • Publication number: 20090232068
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for dynamic channel assignment for a wireless communication system. First, a respective channel allocation probability vector at each mobile terminal is randomly generated, and is then sent to the base stations covering the mobile terminal. Subsequently, the channel allocation probability vectors are integrated into channel allocation information for the mobile terminals covered by the base station. Afterwards, based on the channel allocation information, a corresponding channel allocation notice is sent to the mobile terminals covered by the base station, respectively. Finally, according to the channel allocation notice, the channels of the base station are assigned for the mobile terminals covered by the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsuan WU, Jiunn-Tsair Chen
  • Publication number: 20090146863
    Abstract: A method for detecting radar signal comprises the steps of: sampling a received signal so as to obtain a plurality Of sampling values; taking an absolute value of the sampling values so as to obtain at least two parameters; and determining whether the received signal includes radar signals in accordance with the at least two parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Ralink Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chun Hsien Wen, Jiunn Tsair Chen
  • Patent number: 7486655
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna-array-based multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) system and a pre-coding and feedback method used in the same. The present invention uses QR decompositions of the MIMO channel matrixes to parameterize the channel state information (CSI) of every OFDM frequency band. In addition, the present invention feeds back the information related to ? and ? in the Givens rotation matrixes of the partial frequency bands and then uses an interpolation method to generate ? and ? in the Givens rotation matrixes of all the frequency bands, which further is able to represent the CSI of all the frequency bands. In this way, the present invention has advantages of low complexity and low feedback rate requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Pang-An Ting, Chao-Kai Wen, Wei-Ping Chuang, Jiunn-Tsair Chen
  • Publication number: 20080143384
    Abstract: A printed circuit unit implementing with organic transistors is provided. The printed circuit unit includes an input signal circuit, a load circuit and a level shifter. The input signal circuit includes N serially connected organic transistors. When one of the serially connected organic transistors is cut-off, the signal input circuit is cut-off, so that the circuit is maintained to output a correct voltage level. The level shifter circuit includes an organic transistor having a gate for receiving the input signal. The organic transistor can also serve as a load for improving a gain of the level shifter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Li, Chih Hung Lin, Jiunn-Tsair Chen
  • Publication number: 20080136645
    Abstract: An echo cancellation circuit for an RFID reader and the method thereof are provided. The echo cancellation circuit includes a gain calculator, a gain adjustment circuit, and a subtraction circuit. The gain calculator provides a complex gain value according to a carrier signal and a received signal through an adaptive algorithm. The gain adjustment circuit is coupled to the gain calculator. The gain adjustment circuit multiplies the carrier signal by the complex gain value, and outputs the result of the multiplication. The subtraction circuit is coupled to the gain adjustment circuit. The subtraction circuit subtracts the output of the gain adjustment circuit from the received signal, and then provides the result of the subtraction as the output signal of the echo cancellation circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Lin, Chin-Fu Li, Chia-Jen Yu, Jiunn-Tsair Chen
  • Patent number: 7385425
    Abstract: A printed circuit unit implementing with organic transistors is provided. The printed circuit unit includes an input signal circuit, a load circuit and a level shifter. The input signal circuit includes N serially connected organic transistors. When one of the serially connected organic transistors is cut-off, the signal input circuit is cut-off, so that the circuit is maintained to output a correct voltage level. The level shifter circuit includes an organic transistor having a gate for receiving the input signal. The organic transistor can also serve as a load for improving a gain of the level shifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Li, Chih-Hung Lin, Jiunn-Tsair Chen
  • Publication number: 20080129505
    Abstract: A method and a system for reading radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are provided. The method includes the following steps. First, receive a tag signal from the RFID tag. Recover a data clock rate from the tag signal according to statistics of pulse lengths of the tag signal. Next, determine a frame synchronization point of a data frame following a preamble in the tag signal by a signal correlation between the preamble and a predetermined signal pattern according to the data clock rate. Finally, decode the data frame by using an adaptive Viterbi algorithm on an extended trellis diagram. The extended trellis diagram includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of branches connecting the nodes. The nodes and the branches are arranged according to the modulation scheme of the data frame and possible variations of the data clock rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Lin, Chia-Jen Yu, Jiunn-Tsair Chen
  • Publication number: 20080122627
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for reading radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are provided. First, an omni-directional radio frequency signal is emitted out to omni-directionally scan RFID tags. Then, a radio frequency signal composed of P beams is emitted directed to P specific directions, and a spatial matched filter processing is performed to read the RFID tags in P specific directions, wherein P is an integer larger than or equal to 1. In order to scan all the directions, the method adjusts angles of P specific directions and repeats the steps of emitting beams and filtering, and thereby reading the RFID tags in all the directions. Therefore, the method and apparatus of the present invention can simultaneously read a plurality of RFID tags and enlarge the scan range and effective read rate without increasing the transmit power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yun-Shen Chang, Ya-Ping Chen, Jiunn-Tsair Chen, Ze-Yao Chang
  • Publication number: 20080117050
    Abstract: A wireless radio frequency identification (RFID) system is provided. The wireless RFID system includes at least one passive RFID tag, at least one active RFID tag and at least one sink apparatus. The active RFID tag transmits a wireless query signal to detect whether the passive RFID tag and /or other active RFID tags are in its scanning range according to a transmission specification. Moreover, the active RFID tag collects the detecting result into an inventory data, converts itself to one passive RFID tag, and transmits the inventory data to other active RFID tags utilizing the same method. Then, an identification data in the passive RFID tag and /or the inventory data in the active RFID tag are read by the sink apparatus according to the above-mentioned transmission specification. Therefore, the wireless RFID only uses a signal transmission specification to route the data back to the sink apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsuan Wu, Jiunn-Tsair Chen, Shu-Hsien Wang, Jian-Ren Chen