Patents by Inventor Samu Saarinen

Samu Saarinen 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: 7796959
    Abstract: The invention is related to a device comprising: generating unit configured to generate a feedback signal; setting unit configured to set a predetermined frequency shift to the feedback signal; evaluating unit configured to evaluate distortion caused in a transmission chain on the basis of the frequency shifted feedback signal; adapting unit configured to adapt quadrature modulation pre-distortion algorithms of the transmission chain; wherein the setting unit is further configured to set the frequency of the feedback signal to an original frequency value; wherein the evaluating unit is further configured to evaluate distortion caused in the feedback chain based on the feedback signal having the original frequency; wherein the adapting unit is further configured to adapt quadrature demodulation pre-distortion algorithms of the feedback chain; and wherein the adapting unit is further configured to adapt other pre-distortion algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Kauko Heinikoski, Samu Saarinen
  • Patent number: 7197287
    Abstract: A transmitter compensates for the non-linearities within a transmission chain. The transmitter includes, for instance, a first forming device for forming, on the basis of at least one set of signal properties, at least one state expansion vector comprising quantities characterizing a signal. The transmitter includes a modifier for modifying the signal characterizing quantities of at least one state expansion vector with the at least one time-domain compensation parameter vector and with the at least one frequency-domain compensation parameter vector to form a pre-distorted signal. The transmitter includes a second forming device for forming a feedback signal from an output signal of a transmission chain. The transmitter includes an adapter for adapting at least one time-domain compensation parameter vector for adapting at least one frequency-domain compensation parameter vector based on a residual error between a transmit signal and the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Miia Karjalainen, Samu Saarinen, Kauko Heinikoski, Teemu Tolonen, Juha Ylinen, Jani Suonperä, Risto Lehtinen
  • Publication number: 20070030065
    Abstract: A transmitter includes generating unit configured to generate a feedback signal and an analyzing unit configured to analyze transmission quality in a time domain and in a frequency domain by using the feedback signal. The transmitter also includes an adapting unit configured to adapt the pre-distorter if the transmission quality is below the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Kauko Heinikoski, Samu Saarinen, Pekka Kukkonen
  • Publication number: 20070015474
    Abstract: The invention is related to a device comprising: generating unit configured to generate a feedback signal; setting unit configured to set a predetermined frequency shift to the feedback signal; evaluating unit configured to evaluate distortion caused in a transmission chain on the basis of the frequency shifted feedback signal; adapting unit configured to adapt quadrature modulation pre-distortion algorithms of the transmission chain; wherein the setting unit is further configured to set the frequency of the feedback signal to an original frequency value; wherein the evaluating unit is further configured to evaluate distortion caused in the feedback chain based on the feedback signal having the original frequency; wherein the adapting unit is further configured to adapt quadrature demodulation pre-distortion algorithms of the feedback chain; and wherein the adapting unit is further configured to adapt other pre-distortion algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Kauko Heinikoski, Samu Saarinen
  • Publication number: 20060141955
    Abstract: A transmitter compensates for the non-linearities within a transmission chain. The transmitter includes, for instance, a first forming device for forming, on the basis of at least one set of signal properties, at least one state expansion vector comprising quantities characterizing a signal. The transmitter includes a modifier for modifying the signal characterizing quantities of at least one state expansion vector with the at least one time-domain compensation parameter vector and with the at least one frequency-domain compensation parameter vector to form a pre-distorted signal. The transmitter includes a second forming device for forming a feedback signal from an output signal of a transmission chain. The transmitter includes an adapter for adapting at least one time-domain compensation parameter vector for adapting at least one frequency-domain compensation parameter vector based on a residual error between a transmit signal and the feedback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Miia Karjalainen, Samu Saarinen, Kauko Heinikoski, Teemu Tolonen, Juha Ylinen, Jani Suonpera, Risto Lehtinen
  • Patent number: 7035601
    Abstract: A transmitter compensates for the non-linearities within a transmission chain. The transmitter includes, for instance, a first forming device for forming, on the basis of at least one set of signal properties, at least one state expansion vector comprising quantities characterizing a signal. The transmitter includes a modifier for modifying the signal characterizing quantities of at least one state expansion vector with the at least one time-domain compensation parameter vector and with the at least one frequency-domain compensation parameter vector to form a pre-distorted signal. The transmitter includes a second forming device for forming a feedback signal from an output signal of a transmission chain. The transmitter includes an adapter for adapting at least one time-domain compensation parameter vector for adapting at least one frequency-domain compensation parameter vector based on a residual error between a transmit signal and the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Miia Karjalainen, Samu Saarinen, Kauko Heinikoski, Teemu Tolonen, Juha Ylinen, Jani Suonperä, Risto Lehtinen
  • Publication number: 20040171358
    Abstract: A transmitter compensates for the non-linearities within a transmission chain. The transmitter includes, for instance, a first forming device for forming, on the basis of at least one set of signal properties, at least one state expansion vector comprising quantities characterizing a signal. The transmitter includes a modifier for modifying the signal characterizing quantities of at least one state expansion vector with the at least one time-domain compensation parameter vector and with the at least one frequency-domain compensation parameter vector to form a pre-distorted signal. The transmitter includes a second forming device for forming a feedback signal from an output signal of a transmission chain. The transmitter includes an adapter for adapting at least one time-domain compensation parameter vector for adapting at least one frequency-domain compensation parameter vector based on a residual error between a transmit signal and the feedback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Miia Karjalainen, Samu Saarinen, Kauko Heinikoski, Teemu Tolonen, Juha Ylinen, Jani Suonpera, Risto Lehtinen
  • Publication number: 20030219079
    Abstract: A method for restricting a signal in a radio transmitter, which method comprises setting a threshold value and a value sample interval for the signal, searching the modulated signal for maximum values exceeding the threshold value, and determining the instant of occurrence of the maximum value that exceeded the threshold value, searching the modulated signal for additional sample values exceeding the threshold value at a distance of one or more value sample intervals from the moment of occurrence of at least one maximum value, forming, by means of the maximum values and additional sample values that were searched for, a signal that represents the part of the modulated signal that exceeds the threshold value, and subtracting from the modulated signal the formed signal representing the part that exceeds the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Olli Piirainen, Samu Saarinen, Tapio Vuopala