Patents by Inventor Michael Boer

Michael Boer 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: 10389041
    Abstract: A phased array antenna panel includes a central radio frequency (RF) front end chip, neighboring RF front end chips, and an antenna. The antenna has a proximal probe and a distal probe. The proximal probe has one end at a near corner of the antenna adjacent to the central RF front end chip, and reduces an insertion loss in signals processed by the central RF front end chip. The distal probe has one end at a far corner of the antenna adjacent to one of the neighboring RF front end chips, and increases the isolation between signals processed by the central RF front end chip and signals processed by the one of the neighboring RF front end chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Movandi Corporation
    Inventors: Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Farid Shirinfar, Sam Gharavi, Michael Boers, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10389412
    Abstract: A wireless transceiver using a phased array antenna panel for producing multiple beams includes receive antennas forming a receive configuration and transmit antennas forming a transmit configuration. The receive antennas form a plurality of receive beams and the transmit antennas form a plurality of transmits beams, based on phase and amplitude information provided by a master chip in the phased array antenna panel. The receive and transmit configurations can include sub-configurations, each sub-configuration forming one of the plurality of receive beams or one of the plurality of transmit beams. At least one receive antenna and at least one transmit antenna can be connected to a corresponding plurality of receive phase shifters and a corresponding plurality of transmit phase shifters respectively. The wireless transceiver can form a relay transmit beam based on a receive beam provided by a hardwire connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Movandi Corporation
    Inventors: Sam Gharavi, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Farid Shirinfar, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Publication number: 20190229774
    Abstract: A wireless transceiver using a phased array antenna panel for producing multiple beams includes receive antennas forming a receive configuration and transmit antennas forming a transmit configuration. The receive antennas form a plurality of receive beams and the transmit antennas form a plurality of transmits beams, based on phase and amplitude information provided by a master chip in the phased array antenna panel. The receive and transmit configurations can include sub-configurations, each sub-configuration forming one of the plurality of receive beams or one of the plurality of transmit beams. At least one receive antenna and at least one transmit antenna can be connected to a corresponding plurality of receive phase shifters and a corresponding plurality of transmit phase shifters respectively. The wireless transceiver can form a relay transmit beam based on a receive beam provided by a hardwire connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Sam Gharavi, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Farid Shirinfar, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Publication number: 20190208427
    Abstract: A system, in an active reflector device, adjusts a first amplification gain of each of a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals received at a receiver front-end from a first equipment via a first radio path of an NLOS radio path. A first phase shift is performed on each of the plurality of RF signals with the adjusted first amplification gain. A combination of the plurality of first phase-shifted RF signals is split at a transmitter front-end. A second phase shift on each of the split first plurality of first phase-shifted RF signals is performed. A second amplification gain of each of the plurality of second phase-shifted RF signals is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Sam Gharavi, Kartik Sridharan, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Donghyup Shin, Farid Shirinfar, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Publication number: 20190190551
    Abstract: In an outphasing radio frequency (RF) transmitter, detecting differences of a first plurality of signal characteristics of a first plurality of amplified RF signals across at least a transmitter antenna or a plurality of load impedances, wherein the first plurality of amplified RF signals correspond to a first plurality of constant-envelope signals, and controlling generation of a second plurality of constant-envelope signals on a plurality of transmission paths. The second plurality of constant-envelope signals are generated based on the detected differences of the first plurality of signal characteristics. At least one of first calibrating or second calibrating, a second plurality of signal characteristics of the second plurality of constant-envelope signals. The first calibrating and the second calibrating are based on the controlled generation of the second plurality of constant-envelope signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Farid Shirinfar, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Sam Gharavi, Kartik Sridharan, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Donghyup Shin, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Publication number: 20190181560
    Abstract: A system, in a programmable active reflector (AR) device associated with a first radio frequency (RF) device and a second RF device, receives a request and associated metadata from the second RF device via a first antenna array. Based on the received request and associated metadata, one or more antenna control signals are received from the first RF device. The programmable AR device is dynamically selected and controlled by the first RF device based on a set of criteria. A controlled plurality of RF signals is transmitted, via a second antenna array, to the second RF device within a transmission range of the programmable AR device based on the associated metadata. The controlled plurality of RF signals are cancelled at the second RF device based on the associated metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Kartik Sridharan, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Sam Gharavi, Donghyup Shin, Farid Shirinfar, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10321332
    Abstract: A system, in an active reflector device, adjusts a first amplification gain of each of a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals received at a receiver front-end from a first equipment via a first radio path of an NLOS radio path. A first phase shift is performed on each of the plurality of RF signals with the adjusted first amplification gain. A combination of the plurality of first phase-shifted RF signals is split at a transmitter front-end. A second phase shift on each of the split first plurality of first phase-shifted RF signals is performed. A second amplification gain of each of the plurality of second phase-shifted RF signals is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Sam Gharavi, Kartik Sridharan, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Donghyup Shin, Farid Shirinfar, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10290920
    Abstract: A wireless receiver includes an antenna panel divided into a plurality of segments, each segment having a group of antennas, each segment having a set of radio frequency (RF) front end chips. Each RF front end chip is coupled to some antennas in the group of antennas. A master chip is configured to drive in parallel a plurality of control buses. Each control bus is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of segments, where each RF front end chip in the set of RF front end chips is serially coupled to another RF front end chip in the set of RF front end chips. Each control bus carries phase shift signals and amplitude control signals from the master chip to a respective set of RF front end chips in each segment. The master chip and the plurality of segments in the antenna panel are integrated on a single printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Movandi Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Boers, Farid Shirinfar, Sam Gharavi, Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli, Maryam Rofougaran, Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10291296
    Abstract: A wireless transceiver using a phased array antenna panel for producing multiple beams includes receive antennas forming a receive configuration and transmit antennas forming a transmit configuration. The receive antennas form a plurality of receive beams and the transmit antennas form a plurality of transmits beams, based on phase and amplitude information provided by a master chip in the phased array antenna panel. The receive and transmit configurations can include sub-configurations, each sub-configuration forming one of the plurality of receive beams or one of the plurality of transmit beams. At least one receive antenna and at least one transmit antenna can be connected to a corresponding plurality of receive phase shifters and a corresponding plurality of transmit phase shifters respectively. The wireless transceiver can form a relay transmit beam based on a receive beam provided by a hardwire connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Movandi Corporation
    Inventors: Sam Gharavi, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Farid Shirinfar, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Publication number: 20190109627
    Abstract: Select, from transmit paths within the transmitter chip, a first transmit path for a first transmit signal and a second transmit path for a second transmit signal. The transmit paths are associated with a plurality of antenna elements of an antenna array. Determine of an added signal and/or a subtracted signal associated with the first transmit signal and the second transmit signal. Determine at least one of a first signal strength value of the added signal or a second signal strength value of the subtracted signal. Adjust a first signal parameter of the second transmit signal relative to a corresponding first signal parameter of the first transmit signal until the first signal strength value is a first value or the second signal strength value is a second value. Calibrate an offset of the corresponding first signal parameter based on the adjusted first signal parameter in the second transmit path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Kartik Sridharan, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Sam Gharavi, Donghyup Shin, Farid Shirinfar, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10254312
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a semiconductor wafer testing environment for routing signals used for testing integrated circuits formed onto a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer testing environment includes a semiconductor wafer tester to control overall operation and/or configuration of the semiconductor wafer testing environment and a semiconductor wafer prober to test the integrated circuits formed onto the semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer prober includes a probe card having a transmission line coupler formed onto a flexible substrate. The transmission line coupler includes multiple transmission line coupling blocks that extend radially from a central point of the flexible substrate in a circular manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Scranton, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Jesus Castaneda
  • Patent number: 10256537
    Abstract: A lens-enhanced phased array antenna panel includes a phased array antenna panel and at least one lens situated over the phased array antenna panel. The phased array antenna panel has a plurality of antennas arranged in a plurality of antenna segments. Each lens corresponds to at least one of the antenna segments. Each lens is configured to increase a gain of its corresponding antenna segment. Each lens increases a total gain of the phased array antenna panel. Additionally, each lens can provide an angular offset to direct a radio frequency (RF) beam onto its corresponding antenna segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Movandi Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred Grau Besoli, Seunghwan Yoon, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Farid Shirinfar, Sam Gharavi, Michael Boers, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Publication number: 20190097305
    Abstract: A phased array antenna panel includes a first plurality of antennas, a first radio frequency (RF) front end chip, a second plurality of antennas, a second RF front end chip, and a combiner RF chip. The first and second RE front end chips receive respective first and second input signals from the first and second pluralities of antennas, and produce respective first and second output signals based on the respective first and second input signals. The combiner RF chip can receive the first and second output signals and produce a power combined output signal that is a combination of powers of the first and second output signals. Alternatively, a power combiner can receive the first and second output signals and produce a power combined output signal, and the combiner RF chip can receive the power combined output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ahmadreza ROFOUGARAN, Seunghwan YOON, Alfred Grau Besoli, Farid SHIRINFAR, Sam GHARAVI, Michael BOERS, Maryam ROFOUGARAN
  • Patent number: 10243594
    Abstract: The circuit includes a transformer having a first primary coil coupled to a first power amplifier (PA), a second primary coil coupled to a second PA, and a secondary coil. The secondary coil supplies a current to an antenna based on a first direction of a first phase of a first amplified constant-envelope signal in the first primary coil with respect to a second phase of a second amplified constant-envelope signal in the second primary coil. A first load impedance is associated with the first PA and a second load impedance is associated with the second PA. The first load impedance and the second load impedance receive currents from the first PA and second PA, respectively, based on a second direction of the first phase of the first amplified constant-envelope signal with respect to the second phase of the second amplified constant-envelope signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Sam Gharavi, Farid Shirinfar, Kartik Sridharan, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Donghyup Shin, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10199717
    Abstract: A phased array antenna panel includes a first plurality of antennas, a first radio frequency (RF) front end chip, a second plurality of antennas, a second RF front end chip, and a combiner RF chip. The first and second RF front end chips receive respective first and second input signals from the first and second pluralities of antennas, and produce respective first and second output signals based on the respective first and second input signals. The combiner RF chip can receive the first and second output signals and produce a power combined output signal that is a combination of powers of the first and second output signals. Alternatively, a power combiner can receive the first and second output signals and produce a power combined output signal, and the combiner RF chip can receive the power combined output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli, Farid Shirinfar, Sam Gharavi, Michael Boers, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Publication number: 20190028127
    Abstract: The circuit includes a transformer having a first primary coil coupled to a first power amplifier (PA), a second primary coil coupled to a second PA, and a secondary coil. The secondary coil supplies a current to an antenna based on a first direction of a first phase of a first amplified constant-envelope signal in the first primary coil with respect to a second phase of a second amplified constant-envelope signal in the second primary coil. A first load impedance is associated with the first PA and a second load impedance is associated with the second PA. The first load impedance and the second load impedance receive currents from the first PA and second PA, respectively, based on a second direction of the first phase of the first amplified constant-envelope signal with respect to the second phase of the second amplified constant-envelope signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Sam Gharavi, Farid Shirinfar, Kartik Sridharan, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Donghyup Shin, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Publication number: 20190020401
    Abstract: An active repeater device includes a primary sector and one or more secondary sectors, receives a first beam of input RF signals. A first set of analog baseband signals, are generated based on received first beam of input RF signals. The first set of analog baseband signals are converted to a first set of coded data signals and control information is extracted from the first set of coded data signals by decoding only a header portion of the first set of coded data signals without demodulation of data portion of the first set of coded data signals. Based on the extracted control information, the first set of coded data signals are transmitted as beams of output RF signals to remote user equipment. The transmission is independent of demodulation of the data portion within the active repeater device to reduce latency for transmission of the first set of coded data signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Sam GHARAVI, Ahmadreza ROFOUGARAN, Michael BOERS, Seunghwan YOON, Kartik SRIDHARAN, Donghyup SHIN, Farid SHIRINFAR, Stephen WU, Maryam ROFOUGARAN
  • Publication number: 20190020407
    Abstract: An active repeater device including a first antenna array, a controller, and one or more secondary sectors receives or transmits a first beam of input RF signals from or to, respectively, a first base station operated by a first service provider and a second beam of input RF signals from or to, respectively, a second base station operated by a second service provider. A controller assigns a first beam setting to a first group of customer premises equipment (CPEs) and a second beam setting to a second group of CPEs, based on one or more corresponding signal parameters associated with the each corresponding group of CPEs. A second antenna array of the second RH unit concurrently transmits or received a first beam of output RF signals to or from the first group of CPEs and a second beam of output RF signals to the second group of CPEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Sam GHARAVI, Ahmadreza ROFOUGARAN, Michael BOERS, Seunghwan YOON, Kartik SRIDHARAN, Donghyup SHIN, Farid SHIRINFAR, Stephen WU, Maryam ROFOUGARAN
  • Publication number: 20190020402
    Abstract: An active repeater device includes a primary sector and at least a secondary sector communicatively coupled to the primary sector receives or transmits a first beam of input RF signals having a first beam pattern from or to a base station, respectively. The primary sector includes an baseband signal processor and a first radio head (RH) unit. The secondary sector comprises a second RH unit. The first beam pattern covers a first geographical area. Beamforming coefficients are generated to convert the first beam pattern of the first beam of input RF signals to a second beam pattern. A second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern is transmitted from or received by, respectively, the secondary sector to or from, respectively, a plurality of user equipment (UEs) based on the generated beamforming coefficients and the received first beam of input RF signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Sam GHARAVI, Ahmadreza ROFOUGARAN, Michael BOERS, Seunghwan YOON, Kartik SRIDHARAN, Donghyup SHIN, Farid SHIRINFAR, Stephen WU, Maryam ROFOUGARAN
  • Patent number: 10177828
    Abstract: A calibration system, in a transmitter chip, selects a first transmit path for a first transmit signal and a second transmit path for a second transmit signal. The plurality of transmit paths are associated with a plurality of antenna elements. A first signal parameter of the second transmit signal is adjusted relative to the first signal parameter of the first transmit signal to maximize a first signal strength value of an added signal or minimize a second signal strength value of a subtracted signal. An offset of the first signal parameter is calibrated based on the adjusted first signal parameter in the second transmit path. A value of a second signal parameter is calibrated based on a matching of the second signal parameter in the second transmit path relative to the second signal parameter in the first transmit path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kartik Sridharan, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Sam Gharavi, Donghyup Shin, Farid Shirinfar, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran