Patents by Inventor Ryan Scott Castro Spring

Ryan Scott Castro Spring 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).

  • Publication number: 20260205151
    Abstract: An transceiver, including: a transmitter configured to transmit a first signal; a receiver configured to receive a second signal, wherein the receiver comprises: a filter; a low noise amplifier (LNA); a set of one or more switching devices configured to: route the second signal to the LNA via the filter based on a first state of a control signal, wherein the filter substantially prevents a leaked portion of the first signal from reaching the LNA; or route the second signal to the LNA while bypassing the filter based on a second state of the control signal; and a modem configured to generate the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2025
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Erwin SPITS, Francesco GATTA, Ryan Scott Castro SPRING, Harish VENKATACHARI, Valibabu SALADI
  • Patent number: 12652003
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communications that support multiple antenna operation. In a first aspect, an apparatus for wireless communications includes an amplifier module comprising a first input node, a second input node, a first output node, a second output node, and a third output node, with the amplifier comprising a first processing path configured to couple the first input node to the first output node; and a second processing path configured to couple the second input node to the second output node in a first mode and to couple the second input node to the third output node in a second mode. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chirag Sthalekar, Leon Metreaud, Sanjay Nandipaku, Hakan Inanoglu, Paolo Enrico De Falco, Antonino Scuderi, Ryan Scott Castro Spring
  • Publication number: 20260088840
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and circuitry for signal amplification for transmission. One example method generally includes: amplifying a signal via at least one amplifier, performing a first adjustment of at least one bias current for the at least one amplifier, identifying a performance indicator associated with the at least one amplifier after performing the first adjustment of the at least one bias current, and performing a second adjustment of the bias current for the at least one amplifier based on the performance indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Andre ISIDORO PRATA, Islam EL BAKOURY, Jiri STULEMEIJER, Ryan Scott Castro SPRING, Intae KANG, Antonino SCUDERI
  • Publication number: 20260031768
    Abstract: An apparatus transmits a transmitted signal in a first band defined by a first center frequency and a first bandwidth, receives parameters associated with other signals in a second band defined by a first frequency and a second frequency greater than the first frequency, the first frequency and the second frequency being outside of the first bandwidth, the other signals being actual or prospective products of the transmitted signal, determines a first sampling frequency associated with the transmitted signal, determines a first digital pre-distortion (DPD) sampling rate based on the first sampling frequency, and changes the first DPD sampling rate to a second DPD sampling rate, greater than the first DPD sampling rate in response to a third frequency, corresponding to the first center frequency shifted by the first DPD sampling rate, being outside the second band. A DPD sampling rate is adjusted based on a network signaling value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Sanjay AVASARALA, Sanket Vinod AGARWAL, Akshay RAVI, Tarandeep VIRK, Ryan Scott Castro SPRING, Ashish Kumar BONDIA
  • Patent number: 12470316
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing automatic gain control (AGC) in bypass and filter modes for radio frequency (RF) front-end circuitry are described. An example method includes operating a receiver in a first mode during a first set of symbols of a first subframe. The method also includes, during a first symbol of the first subframe outside the first set of symbols, determining whether to operate the receiver in the first mode or a second mode in a second subframe, based at least in part on an output of a jamming detection circuit of the receiver in the first symbol. The method also includes controlling the receiver to operate in the first mode or the second mode in the second subframe, in accordance with the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Haim Weissman, Rakesh Jalota, Ryan Scott Castro Spring, Francesco Gatta, Mehmet Uzunkol
  • Patent number: 12375204
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless node may receive a configuration indicating a parameter of a signal to be optimized for a portion of a frequency range. The wireless node may transform a feedback signal and a reference signal into a frequency domain. The wireless node may generate an error signal based at least in part on transforming the feedback signal and the reference signal. The wireless node may assign weights to the error signal to generate a weighted error signal. The weights may be assigned to the error signal in the portion of the frequency range and a remaining portion of the frequency range according to the configuration. The wireless node may transmit the signal based at least in part on utilizing the weighted error signal to apply digital pre-distortion to the signal. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Christos Komninakis, Sanjay Avasarala, Ryan Scott Castro Spring, Aidin Bassam, Michael Lee McCloud
  • Patent number: 12373365
    Abstract: Bus interrupt debounce is described for in band bus interrupts on a one-wire serial bus between a host device and one or more subordinate devices. The host device includes a line driver configured to couple the host device to a one-wire serial bus and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an interrupt request on the one-wire serial bus from a subordinate device coupled to the one-wire serial bus, drive a first sequence of challenge pulses on the one-wire serial bus, receive a second sequence of challenge responses from the subordinate device on the one-wire serial bus in response to the challenge pulses, accept the interrupt request in response to receiving the second sequence of challenge responses, and start an interrupt arbitration for the one-wire serial bus in response to accepting the interrupt request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lalan Jee Mishra, Umesh Srikantiah, Ryan Scott Castro Spring, Richard Dominic Wietfeldt, Jia Fu Cen
  • Patent number: 12294340
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide signal amplification. An example method generally includes amplifying a version of a first input signal with a power amplifier in a first state where a bias voltage of the power amplifier is set to a first voltage based on a first tracking mode; obtaining a first output signal of the power amplifier in a second state where the bias voltage is set to a second voltage less than the first voltage; determining a predistortion associated with the power amplifier based at least in part on the obtained first output signal; applying the predistortion to the first input signal; and amplifying a version of the predistorted first input signal with the power amplifier in a third state where the bias voltage is set to a third voltage based on a second tracking mode, wherein the third voltage is less than the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jiri Stulemeijer, Christos Komninakis, Robert Wilson, Hakan Inanoglu, Ryan Scott Castro Spring, Antonino Scuderi, Michael Lee McCloud
  • Patent number: 12267099
    Abstract: In certain aspects, a system includes a first filter, a second filter, a dummy load, and a switching circuit coupled to the first filter, the second filter, and the dummy load, and coupled to a first antenna and a second antenna. In a first mode, the switching circuit couples the first filter and the second filter to the first antenna, and, in a second mode, the switching circuit couples the first filter and the third filter to the first antenna and couples the second filter to the second antenna. In certain aspects, the dummy load includes a third filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: David Francis Berdy, Jin Cho, Yu Steve Zhao, Christian Holenstein, Ryan Scott Castro Spring, Jose Cabanillas, Euichan Moon
  • Patent number: 12261572
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for waveform-tailored average power tracking. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes an amplifier, a power converter, and an average power tracking module. The amplifier is configured to amplify radio-frequency signals using a supply voltage. The radio-frequency signals have different waveforms. The power converter is coupled to the amplifier and configured to provide the supply voltage. The average power tracking module is coupled to the power converter and configured to adjust the supply voltage according to the different waveforms to cause the supply voltage to vary across at least two waveforms of the different waveforms for related average output powers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiangdong Zhang, Ryan Scott Castro Spring, Marco Cassia, Yan Kit Gary Hau, Kanan Gandhi, Robert Wilson
  • Publication number: 20250023703
    Abstract: An apparatus, including: a first antenna port; a first set of one or more band filters coupled to the first antenna port; a first set of one or more low noise amplifiers (LNAs) coupled to the first set of one or more band filters, respectively; a second antenna port; a second band filter; a second low noise amplifier (LNA); a first switching device coupled between the second antenna port and the second LNA; and a second switching device coupled between the second antenna port and the second band filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Francesco GATTA, Ryan Scott Castro SPRING, Harish VENKATACHARI, Christian HOLENSTEIN, Mehmet UZUNKOL, Noshir Behli DUBASH
  • Publication number: 20240429869
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communications that support multiple antenna operation. In a first aspect, an apparatus for wireless communications includes an amplifier module comprising a first input node, a second input node, a first output node, a second output node, and a third output node, with the amplifier comprising a first processing path configured to couple the first input node to the first output node; and a second processing path configured to couple the second input node to the second output node in a first mode and to couple the second input node to the third output node in a second mode. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Chirag Sthalekar, Leon Metreaud, Sanjay Nandipaku, Hakan Inanoglu, Paolo Enrico De Falco, Antonino Scuderi, Ryan Scott Castro Spring
  • Publication number: 20240372642
    Abstract: An apparatus, including: a transmitter configured to generate a transmit radio frequency (RF) signal; a receiver configured to process a received RF signal, wherein the receiver comprises: a first filter; and a switching device coupled in parallel with the first filter; and a control circuit configured to control the switching device based on a concurrent transmission of the transmit RF signal and reception of the received RF signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Harish VENKATACHARI, Ryan Scott Castro SPRING, Mandar KAKADE
  • Publication number: 20240172137
    Abstract: A user equipment may be configured to limiting transmit power for frequency domain division for high power user equipment. In some aspects, the user equipment may determine a UE context is interference limited or noise limited based on comparing a measurement value to a threshold value, set a maximum transmit power based on the UE context, and transmit, during a time period associated with a downlink (DL) grant, an uplink (UL) transmission at the maximum transmit power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Bin HAN, Valentin Alexandru GHEORGHIU, Marco PAPALEO, Ting WANG, Gene FONG, Ryan Scott Castro SPRING, Yiqing CAO
  • Publication number: 20240106562
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing automatic gain control (AGC) in bypass and filter modes for radio frequency (RF) front-end circuitry are described. An example method includes operating a receiver in a first mode during a first set of symbols of a first subframe. The method also includes, during a first symbol of the first subframe outside the first set of symbols, determining whether to operate the receiver in the first mode or a second mode in a second subframe, based at least in part on an output of a jamming detection circuit of the receiver in the first symbol. The method also includes controlling the receiver to operate in the first mode or the second mode in the second subframe, in accordance with the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Haim WEISSMAN, Rakesh JALOTA, Ryan Scott Castro SPRING, Francesco GATTA, Mehmet UZUNKOL
  • Patent number: 11901973
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide object detection based on perturbations in a channel model over time. An example portable apparatus includes a primary antenna, a secondary antenna, a transmit path, a radio frequency (RF) coupler, and a receive path. The transmit path is coupled to the primary antenna and configured to output a transmit signal for transmission via the primary antenna. The RF coupler is coupled to the secondary antenna. The receive path has an input selectively coupled between the transmit path and the RF coupler such that when the receive path is coupled to the RF coupler and configured to operate concurrently with the transmit path, the receive path is configured to receive a reflected portion of the transmit signal from an object located in proximity to the portable apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sanjay Avasarala, Ryan Scott Castro Spring, Udara Fernando
  • Publication number: 20240040470
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus and methods for cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) stationary object detection. One example radio frequency (RF) front-end circuit generally includes a directional coupler having a first port for coupling to an antenna and having a second port; and a delta switch having a first port coupled to the second port of the directional coupler, having a second port, and having a third port for coupling to a receive path for detection of a stationary object. The RF front-end circuit and methods for C-V2X stationary object detection may allow for concurrent (i) stationary object detection and (ii) C-V2X signal reception or transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Scott Castro SPRING, Jing-Hwa CHEN, Rakesh JALOTA, Jungsik PARK, Pushpak Rajan SARANG
  • Publication number: 20240039480
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for waveform-tailored average power tracking. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes an amplifier, a power converter, and an average power tracking module. The amplifier is configured to amplify radio-frequency signals using a supply voltage. The radio-frequency signals have different waveforms. The power converter is coupled to the amplifier and configured to provide the supply voltage. The average power tracking module is coupled to the power converter and configured to adjust the supply voltage according to the different waveforms to cause the supply voltage to vary across at least two waveforms of the different waveforms for related average output powers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Xiangdong ZHANG, Ryan Scott Castro SPRING, Marco CASSIA, Yan Kit Gary HAU, Kanan GANDHI, Robert WILSON
  • Publication number: 20230396219
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide signal amplification. An example method generally includes amplifying a version of a first input signal with a power amplifier in a first state where a bias voltage of the power amplifier is set to a first voltage based on a first tracking mode; obtaining a first output signal of the power amplifier in a second state where the bias voltage is set to a second voltage less than the first voltage; determining a predistortion associated with the power amplifier based at least in part on the obtained first output signal; applying the predistortion to the first input signal; and amplifying a version of the predistorted first input signal with the power amplifier in a third state where the bias voltage is set to a third voltage based on a second tracking mode, wherein the third voltage is less than the first voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jiri STULEMEIJER, Christos KOMNINAKIS, Robert WILSON, Hakan INANOGLU, Ryan Scott Castro SPRING, Antonino SCUDERI, Michael Lee MCCLOUD
  • Publication number: 20230387954
    Abstract: An antenna detuning method includes: time domain duplexing signal transmission and signal reception by a first antenna of a wireless communication device; providing one or more first indications of time domain duplexing and one or more second indications of signal transmission to a semi-autonomous hardware controller of the wireless communication device; and responding, at the semi-autonomous hardware controller of the wireless communication device, to the one or more first indications of time domain duplexing and the one or more second indications of signal transmission by coupling a second antenna of the wireless communication device to receive circuitry during signal reception by the first antenna and to a termination during signal transmission by the first antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Erwin SPITS, Adrianus VAN BEZOOIJEN, Francesco GATTA, Ryan Scott Castro SPRING