Patents by Inventor Toni Neffling

Toni Neffling 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: 6741663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a linearization method for an RF amplifier and an arrangement implementing the method. A difference between an output signal of the amplifier and an unpredistorted input signal supplied to the amplifier is formed from baseband, quadrature components by means of a complex LMS algorithm in adaptation means. On the basis of the signal difference, the non-linearity of the amplifier is adaptively corrected before a quadrature modulator by changing the values of the complex quadrature components of the baseband signal by means of digital predistortion coefficients retrieved from a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Olli Tapio, Toni Neffling
  • Patent number: 6593808
    Abstract: A method of setting up a linearizing circuit such as a linear power amplifier is described. According to the method, an input signal is supplied at a low, starting power level and is lowly increased during a set-up until it attains an operational level for normal use. The advantage of this is that pilot tone used in the linearizing circuit can be readily detected during set-up because its amplitude is above that of the low, starting power level of the input signal. A feed-forward linearizing system and a transmission system utilizing the technique are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jari Pekkarinen, Toni Neffling
  • Publication number: 20020127979
    Abstract: A method of setting up a linearizing circuit such as a linear power amplifier is described. According to the method, an input signal is supplied at a low, starting power level and is lowly increased during a set-up until it attains an operational level for normal use. The advantage of this is that pilot tone used in the linearizing circuit can be readily detected during set-up because its amplitude is above that of the low, starting power level of the input signal. A feed-forward linearizing system and a transmission system utilizing the technique are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Jari Pekkarinen, Toni Neffling
  • Patent number: 6333676
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control method and a control arrangement which comprises a feedforward power amplifier (10), which receives and amplifies a signal and which on amplifying the signal causes non-linearities to the signal. The control arrangement also comprises adjusting members (50, 80) and adaptation means (110, 130), which form an adaptation factor and control the operation of the adjusting means (50, 80) by means of the adaptation factor by adapting the amplitudes and phases of signal propagating along different signal paths to one another. The control arrangement further comprises control means (120), which produce information of the gain required by the power amplifier (10), said control means (120) ordering the adaptation means (110, 130) to adjust the adaptation factor in advance on the basis of the received information to correspond to the gain of the power amplifier (10), which enables adaptation of the signal also when the input power level changes rapidly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Nokia Networks Oy
    Inventor: Toni Neffling
  • Publication number: 20010049270
    Abstract: A test method in an RF communication system is described. In the communication system, at least one RF communication channel lies about a known carrier frequency in an RF communication band. According to the method, a diagnostic signal is introduced into a circuit to be tested, such as a linear power amplifier, the diagnostic signal having an RF diagnostic frequency lying within the communication band. The diagnostic signal is down converted to an intermediate frequency for diagnostic purposes so that DSP is simplified. The diagnostic frequency is selected based on the known carrier frequency of the communication channel so that the communication channel is not down converted as an image band with the diagnostic signal. A transmitter and an alternative test method are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Applicant: Nokia Telecommunications Oy (Upseerinkatu)
    Inventors: Jari Pekkarinen, Toni Neffling
  • Patent number: 6321071
    Abstract: A test method in an RF communication system. In the communication system, at least one RF communication channel lies about a known carrier frequency in an RF communication band. According to the method, a diagnostic signal is introduced into a circuit to be tested, such as a linear power amplifier, the diagnostic signal having an RF diagnostic frequency lying within the communication band. The diagnostic signal is down converted to an intermediate frequency for diagnostic purposes so that DSP is simplified. The diagnostic frequency is selected based on the known carrier frequency of the communication channel so that the communication channel is not down converted as an image band with the diagnostic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Nokia Telecommunications Oy
    Inventors: Jari Pekkarinen, Toni Neffling
  • Patent number: 6271724
    Abstract: The invention relates to a linearization method and an amplifier arrangement, in which a signal to be amplified is predistorted by utlilizing digital predistortion information stored in the memory of a predistortion controller. Predistortion means predistort the signal to be amplified in its analogue form, the predistortion is adapted at least to the signal to be amplified, the predistorion information stored in the memory of the controller correspond to the variables of polar coordinates, such as phase and amplitude, and the phase and amplitude of the signal to be amplified are distorted in the predistortion in accordance with the predistortion information located in the memory of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Nokia Networks Oy
    Inventor: Toni Neffling
  • Patent number: 6229391
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adaptation method and amplifier arrangement, which comprises feedforward amplifying means (10) which amplify a signal entering the arrangement, and adjusting means (20, 25, 50, 80) which use complex factors &agr; and &bgr;, which are adapted in order to adjust the phase and amplitude of the input signal to the amplifier arrangement. The amplifier arrangement also comprises attenuation means (40) which attenuate the signal amplified by the amplifier (10), means (60) which subtract the attenuated signal from the adapted signal, adjusting means (50, 80) which receive part of the signal entering the arrangement for adaptation by factor a, which is adapted partly by the signal obtained from the adapted signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Nokia Networks, Oy
    Inventor: Toni Neffling
  • Patent number: 6215814
    Abstract: The invention relates to a RAKE receiver of a CDMA system using IRC, the receiver receiving a radio signal by using at least two antenna branches. In accordance with the invention a RAKE finger comprises: a weighting coefficient part for forming weighting coefficients maximizing the Signal-to-Interference-and-Noise Ratio for each antenna branch; a multiplier for multiplying a pilot part, despread by a despreader in each antenna branch, by a weighting coefficient; a multiplier for multiplying a data part, despread by a despreader in each antenna branch, by a weighting coefficient; an antenna branch summer for combining the despread pilot parts, received via the separate antenna branches and multiplied by the weighting coefficient, to one pilot signal; an antenna branch summer for combining the despread data parts, received via the separate antenna branches and multiplied by the weighting coefficient, to one data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Nokia Networks Oy
    Inventors: Juha Ylitalo, Peter Muszynski, Esa Tiirola, Toni Neffling