Patents by Inventor Silvester Sadjina

Silvester Sadjina 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: 11901932
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cancelling an interference in a received signal. The apparatus may include a plurality of receivers and one or more transmitters. The first receiver is configured to process a received signal. The first receiver includes a mixer to down-convert the received signal using a first local oscillator signal having a first frequency. The received signal includes a wanted signal and an unwanted signal. The second receiver is configured to process the received signal and generate an interference reference signal. The second receiver includes a mixer to down-convert the received signal using a second local oscillator signal having a second frequency. The apparatus includes an interference canceller configured to cancel, in a digital domain, at least in part interference caused by non-linear characteristics of the first receive chain in a presence of the unwanted signal from the down-converted received signal by the first receive chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Oren Ezra Avraham, Josef Holzleitner, Ram Sunil Kanumalli, Harald Pretl, Silvester Sadjina, Werner Schelmbauer
  • Publication number: 20220321163
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cancelling an interference in a received signal. The apparatus may include a plurality of receivers and one or more transmitters. The first receiver is configured to process a received signal. The first receiver includes a mixer to down-convert the received signal using a first local oscillator signal having a first frequency. The received signal includes a wanted signal and an unwanted signal. The second receiver is configured to process the received signal and generate an interference reference signal. The second receiver includes a mixer to down-convert the received signal using a second local oscillator signal having a second frequency. The apparatus includes an interference canceller configured to cancel, in a digital domain, at least in part interference caused by non-linear characteristics of the first receive chain in a presence of the unwanted signal from the down-converted received signal by the first receive chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Oren Ezra AVRAHAM, Josef HOLZLEITNER, Ram Sunil KANUMALLI, Harald PRETL, Silvester SADJINA, Werner SCHELMBAUER
  • Patent number: 10666370
    Abstract: An apparatus of a wireless device can include baseband processing circuitry configured to generate a digitized downconverted signal based on a received radio frequency (RF) signal. The apparatus can also include estimation circuitry configured to detect a blocker signal in the downconverted signal, the blocker signal having power that exceeds a pre-determined threshold, and map the detected blocker signal to a plurality of harmonic frequencies associated with two or more carrier frequencies. The apparatus can include reference signal generation circuitry configured to generate a reference signal based on the plurality of harmonic frequencies and the received RF signal. The apparatus can include cancellation circuitry configured to apply a pre-processed reference signal (based on the reference signal) to the digitized downconverted signal to remove distortion associated with the detected blocker signal. The digitized downconverted signal is a baseband signal or an intermediate frequency (IF) signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Krysztof Dufrene, Ram S. Kanumalli, Silvester Sadjina, Andreas Gebhard
  • Patent number: 10097220
    Abstract: Examples provide a device, an apparatus, a method, a computer program, a receiver, a mobile terminal and a base station. An interference detection device (10) is configured to generate an auxiliary interference signal for a multi-carrier receive signal. The device (10) comprises a generator (12) configured to generate a plurality of oscillator signals. The plurality of oscillator signals comprises at least a first oscillator signal with a first local oscillator frequency. The plurality of oscillator signals further comprises a second oscillator signal with a second local oscillator frequency. The device (10) further comprises a plurality of subsequent mixers. A first mixer (14) is configured to mix the multi-carrier receive signal with the first oscillator signal to output a first mixed signal. A second mixer (16) is configured to mix a second mixed signal with the second oscillator signal to output the auxiliary interference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Krzysztof Dufrene, Silvester Sadjina, Andreas Gebhard, Ram S. Kanumalli
  • Patent number: 9935722
    Abstract: A transceiver includes local oscillator (LO) signal circuitry configured to output an LO signal having an LO frequency and mixer circuitry configured to input the LO signal and an information signal that encodes communication data and output a shifted signal that corresponds to the information signal shifted to a desired frequency. The LO signal circuitry includes selection circuitry and generation circuitry. The selection circuitry is configured to select a pulse pattern and a gap duration based at least on a target harmonic of the LO frequency to be suppressed. The pulse pattern includes at least two pulses spaced apart by a gap having the gap duration. The generation circuitry is configured to generate an LO signal characterized by the selected pulse pattern and gap duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Gebhard, Silvester Sadjina, Krzysztof Dufrene, Stefan Tertinek
  • Publication number: 20170366280
    Abstract: A transceiver includes local oscillator (LO) signal circuitry configured to output an LO signal having an LO frequency and mixer circuitry configured to input the LO signal and an information signal that encodes communication data and output a shifted signal that corresponds to the information signal shifted to a desired frequency. The LO signal circuitry includes selection circuitry and generation circuitry. The selection circuitry is configured to select a pulse pattern and a gap duration based at least on a target harmonic of the LO frequency to be suppressed. The pulse pattern includes at least two pulses spaced apart by a gap having the gap duration. The generation circuitry is configured to generate an LO signal characterized by the selected pulse pattern and gap duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Gebhard, Silvester Sadjina, Krzysztof Dufrene, Stefan Tertinek
  • Publication number: 20170359092
    Abstract: Examples provide a device, an apparatus, a method, a computer program, a receiver, a mobile terminal and a base station. An interference detection device (10) is configured to generate an auxiliary interference signal for a multi-carrier receive signal. The device (10) comprises a generator (12) configured to generate a plurality of oscillator signals. The plurality of oscillator signals comprises at least a first oscillator signal with a first local oscillator frequency. The plurality of oscillator signals further comprises a second oscillator signal with a second local oscillator frequency. The device (10) further comprises a plurality of subsequent mixers. A first mixer (14) is configured to mix the multi-carrier receive signal with the first oscillator signal to output a first mixed signal. A second mixer (16) is configured to mix a second mixed signal with the second oscillator signal to output the auxiliary interference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Krzysztof Dufrene, Silvester Sadjina, Andreas Gebhard, Ram S. Kanumalli
  • Publication number: 20170359136
    Abstract: An apparatus of a wireless device can include baseband processing circuitry configured to generate a digitized downconverted signal based on a received radio frequency (RF) signal. The apparatus can also include estimation circuitry configured to detect a blocker signal in the downconverted signal, the blocker signal having power that exceeds a pre-determined threshold, and map the detected blocker signal to a plurality of harmonic frequencies associated with two or more carrier frequencies. The apparatus can include reference signal generation circuitry configured to generate a reference signal based on the plurality of harmonic frequencies and the received RF signal. The apparatus can include cancellation circuitry configured to apply a pre-processed reference signal (based on the reference signal) to the digitized downconverted signal to remove distortion associated with the detected blocker signal. The digitized downconverted signal is a baseband signal or an intermediate frequency (IF) signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Krzysztof Dufrene, Ram S. Kanumalli, Silvester Sadjina, Andreas Gebhard
  • Patent number: 9755872
    Abstract: Pulse generation circuitry includes edge generation circuitry and edge combination circuitry. The edge generation circuitry includes a first digital-to-time converter (DTC) configured to input a first phase signal that includes a first phase edge and a second phase signal that includes a second phase edge. The edge generation circuitry is configured to generate a first pulse edge signal comprising a first pulse edge at a selected location between the first phase edge and the second phase edge. The edge combination circuitry is configured to combine the first pulse edge signal and a second pulse edge signal including a second pulse edge to generate a pulse signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan Tertinek, Andreas Gebhard, Silvester Sadjina, Krzysztof Dufrene