Patents by Inventor Paul Mattheijssen

Paul Mattheijssen 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: 12284014
    Abstract: A beamformer device for a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system and method of operating a beamformer device is described. the beamformer device includes a number of beamformer channels. Each beamformer channel includes a RF terminal, an antenna connection terminal; and a power detector having a power detector output, The beamformer device includes a digital control interface comprising a serial data input and a serial data output; a control input coupled to the serial data input; and a beamformer monitor output configured to be selectively coupled to either the serial data output or the power detector output of one of the beamformer channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Mattheijssen, Mustafa Acar, Lucas Maria Florentinus De Maaijer
  • Patent number: 12212074
    Abstract: An integrated circuit comprising a package, phased antenna array and die. The die comprises a plurality of unit cells, wherein each unit cell is divided into quadrants. Each quadrant comprises a receiver terminal located on a first axis, and a transmitter terminal located on a second axis, wherein the first axis is orthogonal to the second axis, and there is mirror symmetry between the nearest neighbour quadrants in the unit cell. The package comprises a plurality of pairs of feed lines, each pair of feed lines comprising a receiver feed line and a transmitter feed line. The receiver feed line is connected to one of the receiver terminals and the transmitter feed line is connected to the transmitter terminal in the same die quadrant. The receiver feed line is orthogonal to the transmitter feed line. Each antenna element is coupled to a respective pair of feed lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Willem Bergman, Mustafa Acar, Antonius Hendrikus Jozef Kamphuis, Dominicus Martinus WilHelmus Leenaerts, Rajesh Mandamparambil, Paul Mattheijssen
  • Patent number: 12199333
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a substrate, a first integrated circuit package mounted on the substrate, the first integrated circuit package comprising a first antenna sub-array having a uniform pitch, and a second integrated circuit package mounted on the substrate, the second integrated circuit package comprising a second antenna sub-array having a uniform pitch. The second integrated circuit package is mounted adjacent to the first integrated circuit package to form a multi-package module having an antenna array formed of the first antenna sub-array and the second antenna sub-array, wherein the antenna array has a uniform pitch. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a multi-package module and a method of providing package-to-package grounding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Hendrikus Jozef Kamphuis, Jan Willem Bergman, Marcellinus Johannes Maria Geurts, Mustafa Acar, Paul Mattheijssen, Rajesh Mandamparambil, Andrei-Alexandru Damian, Amar Ashok Mavinkurve
  • Patent number: 12184370
    Abstract: An antenna system for a mobile communications base station and a method of operating a communications network including a base station is described. The antenna system includes an antenna array for beamforming and is configured either as a radar sensor, a communications antenna or a combined radar sensor. A radar image may be used to determine a map of objects in the vicinity of the antenna system and to adapt the beamsteering or beamforming of the antenna system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Mattheijssen, Konstantinos Doris, Dominicus Martinus Wilhelmus Leenaerts, Mark Tomesen
  • Patent number: 12155127
    Abstract: A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system for a mobile cellular network and method is described. The MIMO antenna system includes an array of dual-polarization patch antennas each having first and second polarization feed-points, a first polarization radio chain and a second polarization radio chain. The MIMO antenna system includes a beamformer coupled to the first and second polarization radio chains. The beamformer includes a beamformer channel for a respective feedpoint and further includes a transmit amplifier and a detector (coupler) coupled to a transmit amplifier output. In one mode of operation, a signal is transmitted via the first polarization feed-point of a dual-polarisation patch antennas and a replica of the transmitted signal may be sensed using the coupler at the output of the transmit amplifier and routed via the second polarization radio chain to a digital predistortion module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Lucas Maria Florentinus De Maaijer, Mustafa Acar, Paul Mattheijssen
  • Publication number: 20240237316
    Abstract: One example discloses an on-chip shielded device, including: a planar structure including a substrate and a passivation layer; an electrical component formed within the substrate and coupled to an input signal path and an output signal path; a first shielding element positioned above the electrical component and the passivation layer; and a second shielding element positioned above the electrical component, the passivation layer and the first shielding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp Franz Freidl, Mustafa Acar, Antonius Hendrikus Jozef Kamphuis, Erik Daniel Björk, Konstantinos Giannakidis, Jan Willem Bergman, Rajesh Mandamparambil, Paul Mattheijssen
  • Publication number: 20240219547
    Abstract: A radar system includes a receiver, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing machine instructions. The machine instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive, within a communication frame, radar metadata including information indicative of sensing time slots within the communication frame. During the sensing time slots, the processor causes the receiver to obtain a set of radar reflections off of an object in an environment and determines, based on the set of received radar reflections and the radar metadata, at least one of a distance between the object and the radar system, a velocity of the object, and an angle of arrival for the object. In some implementations, the radar system is a first radar system, and the set of radar reflections are radar signals transmitted by a second radar system and reflected off of the object in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ashish Pandharipande, Wilhelmus Johannes van Houtum, Paul Mattheijssen, Leendert Albertus Dick van den Broeke
  • Publication number: 20240138129
    Abstract: One example discloses an on-chip shielded device, including: a planar structure including a substrate and a passivation layer; an electrical component formed within the substrate and coupled to an input signal path and an output signal path; a first shielding element positioned above the electrical component and the passivation layer; and a second shielding element positioned above the electrical component, the passivation layer and the first shielding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp Franz Freidl, Mustafa Acar, Antonius Hendrikus Jozef Kamphuis, Erik Daniel Björk, Konstantinos Giannakidis, Jan Willem Bergman, Rajesh Mandamparambil, Paul Mattheijssen
  • Publication number: 20240103152
    Abstract: Radar localization systems and methods are provided to determine the location of an object. The radar localization systems and methods can determine the location of an object based on data obtained from at least two radar measurements made by the radar localization device. In some embodiments, a radar localization system can be included in a wireless communications system that conducts both wireless communications and radar sensing. Radar localization systems include at least a computing unit that performs a radar localization method. Radar localization methods may use map data in object localization to eliminate non-feasible locations of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ashish Pandharipande, Wilhelmus Johannes van Houtum, Leendert Albertus Dick van den Broeke, Paul Mattheijssen
  • Patent number: 11888215
    Abstract: An antenna system for a mobile communications base station and a method of operating a communications network including a base station is described. The antenna system includes an antenna array for beamforming and is configured either as a radar sensor, a communications antenna or a combined radar sensor. A radar image may be used to determine a map of objects in the vicinity of the antenna system and to adapt the beam-steering or beamforming of the antenna system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Mattheijssen, Konstantinos Doris, Dominicus Martinus Wilhelmus Leenaerts, Mark Tomesen
  • Publication number: 20230402410
    Abstract: An RF package assembly includes a stacked package-on-package arrangement of a first substrate and a second substrate. Each of the first and second substrates include RF signal pads and ground pads. An interface region between the stacked substrates couples the RF signal pads and ground pads of the first substrate to corresponding pads of the second substrate. The interface region includes galvanic connection regions providing a galvanic connection between the each of the first substrate ground pads and each of the corresponding second substrate ground pads. The interface region includes dielectric regions between each of the first substrate RF signal pads and the corresponding second substrate RF signal pads so that RF signals transmitted between the two substrates are capacitively coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Mustafa Acar, Paul Mattheijssen, Philipp Franz Freidl, Rajesh Mandamparambil, Jan Willem Bergman
  • Publication number: 20230387985
    Abstract: A beamformer device for a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system and method of operating a beamformer device is described. the beamformer device includes a number of beamformer channels. Each beamformer channel includes a RF terminal, an antenna connection terminal; and a power detector having a power detector output, The beamformer device includes a digital control interface comprising a serial data input and a serial data output; a control input coupled to the serial data input; and a beamformer monitor output configured to be selectively coupled to either the serial data output or the power detector output of one of the beamformer channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Mattheijssen, Mustafa Acar, Lucas Maria Florentinus De Maaijer
  • Publication number: 20230283339
    Abstract: An antenna system for a mobile communications base station and a method of operating a communications network including a base station is described. The antenna system includes an antenna array for beamforming and is configured either as a radar sensor, a communications antenna or a combined radar sensor. A radar image may be used to determine a map of objects in the vicinity of the antenna system and to adapt the beam-steering or beamforming of the antenna system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Mattheijssen, Konstantinos Doris, Dominicus Martinus Wilhelmus Leenaerts, Mark Tomesen
  • Publication number: 20230268667
    Abstract: A phased-array antenna system includes a substrate and a plurality of sub-arrays. Each sub-array comprises an array of patch antennas arranged on a first major surface of the substrate; a plurality of beamformer devices coupled to the array of patch antennas; a multi-channel up-down converter (UDC) and a combiner-splitter coupled to the multi-channel UDC. The combiner-splitter is configured to split a signal provided by the UDC and provide the signal to each of the plurality of beamformers and/or to combine signal provided by the plurality of beamformers and to provide the combined signal to the UDC. Each sub-array also includes an integrated device comprising the multi-channel UDC and the combiner-splitter. The integrated device and the plurality of beamformer devices is arranged on a second major surface of the substrate opposite the first major surface. The integrated device is arranged between at least two beamformer devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Mustafa Acar, Lucas Maria Florentinus De Maaijer, Paul Mattheijssen
  • Publication number: 20230261374
    Abstract: A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system for a mobile cellular network and method is described. The MIMO antenna system includes an array of dual-polarization patch antennas each having first and second polarization feed-points, a first polarization radio chain and a second polarization radio chain. The MIMO antenna system includes a beamformer coupled to the first and second polarization radio chains. The beamformer includes a beamformer channel for a respective feedpoint and further includes a transmit amplifier and a detector (coupler) coupled to a transmit amplifier output. In one mode of operation, a signal is transmitted via the first polarization feed-point of a dual-polarisation patch antennas and a replica of the transmitted signal may be sensed using the coupler at the output of the transmit amplifier and routed via the second polarization radio chain to a digital predistortion module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Lucas Maria Florentinus De Maaijer, Mustafa Acar, Paul Mattheijssen
  • Patent number: 11689265
    Abstract: An antenna system for a mobile communications base station and a method of operating a communications network including a base station is described. The antenna system includes an antenna array for beamforming and is configured either as a radar sensor, a communications antenna or a combined radar sensor. A radar image may be used to determine a map of objects in the vicinity of the antenna system and to adapt the beamsteering or beamforming of the antenna system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Mattheijssen, Konstantinos Doris, Dominicus Martinus Wilhelmus Leenaerts, Mark Tomesen
  • Publication number: 20230170945
    Abstract: A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system for a mobile cellular network and method is described. The MIMO antenna system includes an array of dual-polarization patch antennas each having first and second polarization feed-points. A signal is transmitted via the first polarization feed-point of a dual-polarisation patch antennas and a replica of the transmitted signal is sensed (detected) using the second polarization feed-point of the same patch antenna. This replica signal is used by a digital predistortion module to apply predistortion to a subsequently transmitted signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Lucas Maria Florentinus De Maaijer, Mustafa Acar, Paul Mattheijssen
  • Publication number: 20220311137
    Abstract: An integrated circuit comprising a package, phased antenna array and die. The die comprises a plurality of unit cells, wherein each unit cell is divided into quadrants. Each quadrant comprises a receiver terminal located on a first axis, and a transmitter terminal located on a second axis, wherein the first axis is orthogonal to the second axis, and there is mirror symmetry between the nearest neighbour quadrants in the unit cell. The package comprises a plurality of pairs of feed lines, each pair of feed lines comprising a receiver feed line and a transmitter feed line. The receiver feed line is connected to one of the receiver terminals and the transmitter feed line is connected to the transmitter terminal in the same die quadrant. The receiver feed line is orthogonal to the transmitter feed line. Each antenna element is coupled to a respective pair of feed lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Willem Bergman, Mustafa Acar, Antonius Hendrikus Jozef Kamphuis, Dominicus MARTINUS WILHELMUS Leenaerts, Rajesh Mandamparambil, Paul Mattheijssen
  • Publication number: 20220263222
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a substrate, a first integrated circuit package mounted on the substrate, the first integrated circuit package comprising a first antenna sub-array having a uniform pitch, and a second integrated circuit package mounted on the substrate, the second integrated circuit package comprising a second antenna sub-array having a uniform pitch. The second integrated circuit package is mounted adjacent to the first integrated circuit package to form a multi-package module having an antenna array formed of the first antenna sub-array and the second antenna sub-array, wherein the antenna array has a uniform pitch. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a multi-package module and a method of providing package-to-package grounding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Antonius Hendrikus Jozef Kamphuis, Jan Willem Bergman, Marcellinus Johannes Maria Geurts, Mustafa Acar, Paul Mattheijssen, Rajesh Mandamparambil, Andrei-Alexandru Damian, Amar Ashok Mavinkurve
  • Publication number: 20210359396
    Abstract: An antenna system for a mobile communications base station and a method of operating a communications network including a base station is described. The antenna system includes an antenna array for beamforming and is configured either as a radar sensor, a communications antenna or a combined radar sensor. A radar image may be used to determine a map of objects in the vicinity of the antenna system and to adapt the beam-steering or beamforming of the antenna system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Mattheijssen, Konstantinos Doris, Dominicus Martinus Wilhelmus Leenaerts, Mark Tomesen