Patents by Inventor Taiji Akizuki

Taiji Akizuki 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: 20220321161
    Abstract: An antenna wireless device includes: antenna elements; feed ports respectively corresponding to the antenna elements; one or more detection ports each corresponding to some or all of the plurality of antenna elements; transceiver circuits respectively connected to feed ports; and one or more reference transceiver circuits each connected to a corresponding one or more of the one or more detection ports. For each antenna element, the transceiver circuit processes a first signal to generate a second signal, the second signal fed to the feed port is output to the reference transceiver circuit through the detection port, the reference transceiver circuit processes the second signal to generate a third signal, and detects an amplitude and phase deviation based on the first signal and the third signal, and the transceiver circuit adjusts a phase and an amplitude of a transmission signal based on the amplitude and phase deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KINPARA, Taiji AKIZUKI, Kazuya TOKI, Takayuki SOTOYAMA, Naoki ADACHI
  • Patent number: 9917660
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a baseband variable gain amplifier that amplifies a transmission baseband signal, a local variable gain amplifier that amplifies a local signal, a frequency-conversion circuit that mixes the amplified transmission baseband signal and the amplified local signal to carry out a frequency conversion into a transmission high-frequency signal, a first detector that detects a power of the transmission high-frequency signal, and a controller that controls at least one of a gain of the transmission baseband variable gain amplifier and a gain of the local variable gain amplifier on the basis of the detected power of the transmission high-frequency signal so that a power of the transmission high-frequency signal to be detected takes a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Nakamura, Noriaki Saito, Taiji Akizuki
  • Patent number: 9841486
    Abstract: A detection calibration circuit includes a first distributor distributing a high frequency input signal, an amplifier amplifying the first high frequency output signal of the first distributor, a second distributor distributing the amplified first high frequency output signal of the first distributor, a reference signal generator outputting a reference signal in accordance with a switchable reference voltage, a switcher selecting a third high frequency output signal of the second distributor or a reference signal of the reference signal generator and outputting the selected signal, a detector detecting the third high frequency output signal of the second distributor or the reference signal of the reference signal generator from the switcher, a sensitivity switcher adjusting a sensitivity for an output signal of the detector, and a calibration control circuit adjusting a detection gain of an input signal of the detector and an input-output sensitivity for an output signal of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiji Akizuki, Masaki Kanemaru
  • Patent number: 9748909
    Abstract: A gain control circuit includes: a gain switching controller that changes the gains of a fundamental frequency amplifier and an N-multiplied frequency amplifier; and a detection voltage comparator that determines whether the operating state of an N-multiplier is a saturated operation or a linear operation. The detection voltage comparator determines the operating state of the N-multiplier by comparing an amount of change in a detection signal (first detection signal) representing a fundamental frequency signal with respect to an amount of change in the gain of the fundamental frequency amplifier with an amount of change in a detection signal (second detection signal) representing a high-frequency signal with respect to the amount of change in the gain of the fundamental frequency amplifier. The gain switching controller adjusts the gains of the fundamental frequency amplifier and the N-multiplied frequency amplifier on the basis of the operating state of the N-multiplier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiji Akizuki, Takahiro Shima
  • Patent number: 9543760
    Abstract: A transformer (2A) outputs differential signals of a positive phase signal (Vout2Ap) having phase ?1+90° and a negative phase signal (Vout2An) having phase ?1?90°. A transformer (2B) outputs differential signals of a positive phase signal (Vout2Bp) having phase ?2+90° and a negative phase signal (Vout2Bn) having phase ?2?90°. An adding circuit (3) composes a pair of differential output signals, as signals corrected in phase error (?1??2) generated in the transformers (2A, 2B), in a manner of summing up vectors of two pairs of the differential signals outputted from the transformers (2A, 2B) for the positive phase signal and the negative phase signal, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiji Akizuki, Junji Sato
  • Publication number: 20170005631
    Abstract: A gain control circuit includes: a gain switching controller that changes the gains of a fundamental frequency amplifier and an N-multiplied frequency amplifier; and a detection voltage comparator that determines whether the operating state of an N-multiplier is a saturated operation or a linear operation. The detection voltage comparator determines the operating state of the N-multiplier by comparing an amount of change in a detection signal (first detection signal) representing a fundamental frequency signal with respect to an amount of change in the gain of the fundamental frequency amplifier with an amount of change in a detection signal (second detection signal) representing a high-frequency signal with respect to the amount of change in the gain of the fundamental frequency amplifier. The gain switching controller adjusts the gains of the fundamental frequency amplifier and the N-multiplied frequency amplifier on the basis of the operating state of the N-multiplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: TAIJI AKIZUKI, TAKAHIRO SHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160344484
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a baseband variable gain amplifier that amplifies a transmission baseband signal, a local variable gain amplifier that amplifies a local signal, a frequency-conversion circuit that mixes the amplified transmission baseband signal and the amplified local signal to carry out a frequency conversion into a transmission high-frequency signal, a first detector that detects a power of the transmission high-frequency signal, and a controller that controls at least one of a gain of the transmission baseband variable gain amplifier and a gain of the local variable gain amplifier on the basis of the detected power of the transmission high-frequency signal so that a power of the transmission high-frequency signal to be detected takes a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: SHIGEKI NAKAMURA, NORIAKI SAITO, TAIJI AKIZUKI
  • Patent number: 9287828
    Abstract: A balun converts a single-ended radio-frequency signal into differential signals. A differential matching circuit outputs a maximum-level positive-phase output signal at a lower or higher frequency than the center frequency and outputs a maximum-level reverse-phase output signal at a higher or lower frequency than the center frequency. An amplification circuit amplifies a positive-phase output signal and a reverse-phase output signal of the differential matching circuit. A mixing circuit converts the positive-phase output signal and the reverse-phase output signal that are output from the amplification circuit into intermediate-frequency signals using locally generated signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiji Akizuki, Junji Sato
  • Publication number: 20150338495
    Abstract: A detection calibration circuit includes a first distributor distributing a high frequency input signal, an amplifier amplifying the first high frequency output signal of the first distributor, a second distributor distributing the amplified first high frequency output signal of the first distributor, a reference signal generator outputting a reference signal in accordance with a switchable reference voltage, a switcher selecting a third high frequency output signal of the second distributor or a reference signal of the reference signal generator and outputting the selected signal, a detector detecting the third high frequency output signal of the second distributor or the reference signal of the reference signal generator from the switcher, a sensitivity switcher adjusting a sensitivity for an output signal of the detector, and a calibration control circuit adjusting a detection gain of an input signal of the detector and an input-output sensitivity for an output signal of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: TAIJI AKIZUKI, MASAKI KANEMARU
  • Publication number: 20150137869
    Abstract: A balun converts a single-ended radio-frequency signal into differential signals. A differential matching circuit outputs a maximum-level positive-phase output signal at a lower or higher frequency than the center frequency and outputs a maximum-level reverse-phase output signal at a higher or lower frequency than the center frequency. An amplification circuit amplifies a positive-phase output signal and a reverse-phase output signal of the differential matching circuit. A mixing circuit converts the positive-phase output signal and the reverse-phase output signal that are output from the amplification circuit into intermediate-frequency signals using locally generated signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Taiji Akizuki, Junji Sato
  • Patent number: 8891697
    Abstract: A reception signal processing devices includes a converter which converts an analog signal amplified by an amplifying section to a digital signal, switches respectively provided in post-stages of variable gain amplifiers of the amplifying section, a bypass switch section which sets to open and close a path in which outputs of the variable gain amplifiers go around the variable gain amplifiers of the post-stages and are inputted to the converter, a switch controller which controls the switches and the bypass switch section and a DC offset controller which sets a correction value of a DC offset in accordance with a gain set to the variable gain amplifier as an object to be corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kobayashi, Suguru Fujita, Taiji Akizuki
  • Patent number: 8836564
    Abstract: An A/D conversion device generates a control clock signal having a cycle that is an integral multiple of a cycle of a reference clock signal. A shift voltage is generated which varies every cycle of the reference clock signal while the cycle of the control clock signal is taken as one cycle. An analog signal is offset by the shift voltage. The offset analog signal is converted to a digital signal every cycle of the reference clock signal. Outputs from the A/D converter are averaged every cycle of the control clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Taiji Akizuki, Suguru Fujita
  • Publication number: 20140125126
    Abstract: A transformer (2A) outputs differential signals of a positive phase signal (Vout2Ap) having phase ?1+90° and a negative phase signal (Vout2An) having phase ?1?90°. A transformer (2B) outputs differential signals of a positive phase signal (Vout2Bp) having phase ?2+90° and a negative phase signal (Vout2Bn) having phase ?2?90°. An adding circuit (3) composes a pair of differential output signals, as signals corrected in phase error (?1??2) generated in the transformers (2A, 2B), in a manner of summing up vectors of two pairs of the differential signals outputted from the transformers (2A, 2B) for the positive phase signal and the negative phase signal, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiji Akizuki, Junji Sato
  • Publication number: 20130136213
    Abstract: A reception signal processing devices includes a converter which converts an analog signal amplified by an amplifying section to a digital signal, switches respectively provided in post-stages of variable gain amplifiers of the amplifying section, a bypass switch section which sets to open and close a path in which outputs of the variable gain amplifiers go around the variable gain amplifiers of the post-stages and are inputted to the converter, a switch controller which controls the switches and the bypass switch section and a DC offset controller which sets a correction value of a DC offset in accordance with a gain set to the variable gain amplifier as an object to be corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Kobayashi, Suguru Fujita, Taiji Akizuki
  • Publication number: 20130127650
    Abstract: An A/D conversion device has means for generating a control clock signal having a cycle that is an integral multiple of a cycle of a reference clock signal; means for generating a shift voltage which varies every cycle of the reference clock signal while the cycle of the control clock signal is taken as one cycle, means for offsetting an analog signal by the shift voltage, means for A/D converting the offset analog signal every cycle of the reference clock signal signal, and means for averaging outputs from the A/D converter every cycle of the control clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiji Akizuki, Suguru Fujita
  • Patent number: 7855588
    Abstract: A clock signal generation apparatus containing variable delay devices for varying the delay time of two-phase clock signals used in a load circuit that uses non-overlap clock signals; a non-overlap detector for detecting a non-overlap time in the H-level zones of the two-phase clock signals and outputting a detection signal corresponding to the non-overlap time; and a control signal generation section for generating a control signal that is used to control the variable delay devices on the basis of the detection signal from the non-overlap detector, and capable of securely generating the two-phase clock signals having an optimal non-overlap time while absorbing fluctuations due to temperature characteristics, power supply voltage characteristics and individual differences in components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Sagisaka, Hisashi Adachi, Taiji Akizuki
  • Patent number: 7855668
    Abstract: A multibit quantizer is provided, at its input terminals, with a variable gain circuit and an offset addition circuit to perform tracking control in which for each sampling time, the level of an offset signal of the offset addition circuit is adjusted based on output digital data of an output processing circuit and the preceding control signal of an offset control circuit so that the quantizer operates without causing a saturation operation. As a result, the output digital data, in which the number of bits is greater than the number of bits of the quantizer by the offset value controlled by the offset addition circuit, is outputted from the output processing circuit for each sampling time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Taiji Akizuki, Masahiko Sagisaka, Hisashi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20100214142
    Abstract: A multibit quantizer is provided, at its input terminals, with a variable gain circuit and an offset addition circuit to perform tracking control in which for each sampling time, the level of an offset signal of the offset addition circuit is adjusted based on output digital data of an output processing circuit and the preceding control signal of an offset control circuit so that the quantizer operates without causing a saturation operation. As a result, the output digital data, in which the number of bits is greater than the number of bits of the quantizer by the offset value controlled by the offset addition circuit, is outputted from the output processing circuit for each sampling time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiji Akizuki, Masahiko Sagisaka, Hisashi Adachi
  • Patent number: 7777663
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to attain simplified circuit configuration and low current consumption in a discrete time amplifier circuit and an AD converter, to improve the convergence from the transient response state to the steady state of the amplifier circuit and to reduce noise and distortion owing to the variation in the output common-mode voltage. The discrete time amplifier circuit and the AD converter are provided with a switched-capacitor common-mode feedback (CMFB) circuit capable of detecting and feeding back the output common-mode voltage at every sampling timing in the case that the circuit operates at double sampling timing (every ½ cycle).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Taiji Akizuki, Tomoaki Maeda, Hisashi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20090315604
    Abstract: In a clock signal generation apparatus, a clock signal delay calculation section has a delay detection circuit for monitoring the delay characteristics of the variable delay circuits of a clock signal generation circuit due to external variation factors and calculates the delay amounts of N-phase clock signals, and a clock signal delay control section varies the delay amounts of the variable delay circuits on the basis of delay variation data, external variation factors being used as parameters thereof, stored in a delay variation data section and the calculated delay amounts of the N-phase clock signals. In the case that, for example, clock signals required for a discrete-time circuit have changed due to external variation factors, such as power supply voltage and environmental temperature, the non-overlap times and the duty ratios of the clock signals required for the discrete-time circuit can be set to optimal values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Taiji AKIZUKI, Masahiko SAGISAKA, Hisashi ADACHI