Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Steffen Hahn

Wilhelm Steffen Hahn 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: 20240048124
    Abstract: A system for filter enhancement, preferably including one or more analog taps and a controller, and optionally including one or more couplers. The system is preferably configured to integrate with a filter, such as a passband filter or other frequency-based filter. The system can be configured to integrate with an RF communication system, an RF front end, or any other suitable RF circuitry. A method for filter enhancement, preferably including configuring one or more analog taps, and optionally including calibrating a system for filter enhancement and/or receiving temperature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn
  • Patent number: 11831298
    Abstract: A system for filter enhancement, preferably including one or more analog taps and a controller, and optionally including one or more couplers. The system is preferably configured to integrate with a filter, such as a passband filter or other frequency-based filter. The system can be configured to integrate with an RF communication system, an RF front end, or any other suitable RF circuitry. A method for filter enhancement, preferably including configuring one or more analog taps, and optionally including calibrating a system for filter enhancement and/or receiving temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn
  • Publication number: 20230378994
    Abstract: A system for interference mitigation includes: a transmit coupler; a receive coupler; a duplexer; and an interference cancellation module that includes a receive-band filter, a transmit-band filter, and an interference cancellation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jung-il Choi, Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle
  • Patent number: 11764825
    Abstract: A system for interference mitigation includes: a first transmit coupler; a receive-band noise cancellation system; a first transmit-band filter; a second transmit coupler; a first receive coupler; a transmit-band noise cancellation system; a first receive-band filter; and a second receive coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-il Choi, Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle
  • Publication number: 20230223927
    Abstract: A system for filter enhancement, preferably including one or more analog taps and a controller, and optionally including one or more couplers. The system is preferably configured to integrate with a filter, such as a passband filter or other frequency-based filter. The system can be configured to integrate with an RF communication system, an RF front end, or any other suitable RF circuitry. A method for filter enhancement, preferably including configuring one or more analog taps, and optionally including calibrating a system for filter enhancement and/or receiving temperature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventor: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn
  • Publication number: 20230051798
    Abstract: A system for interference mitigation includes: a first transmit coupler; a receive-band noise cancellation system; a first transmit-band filter; a second transmit coupler; a first receive coupler; a transmit-band noise cancellation system; a first receive-band filter; and a second receive coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jung-il Choi, Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle
  • Publication number: 20220416912
    Abstract: A system for enhancing isolation in coexisting time-division duplexed (TDD) transceivers includes: a blocker canceller that transforms a transmit signal of a TDD transceiver into a blocker cancellation signal configured to remove transmit-band interference in a receive signal; a first filter that filters the blocker cancellation signal; a second filter that filters the transmit signal; and a transmit-noise canceller that transforms the filtered transmit signal into a transmit noise cancellation signal configured to remove receive-band interference in the receive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Jung-Il Choi, Jeffrey Mehlman
  • Patent number: 11515906
    Abstract: A system for interference mitigation includes: a first transmit coupler; a receive-band noise cancellation system; a first transmit-band filter; a second transmit coupler; a first receive coupler; a transmit-band noise cancellation system; a first receive-band filter; and a second receive coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-il Choi, Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle
  • Patent number: 11469828
    Abstract: A system for enhancing isolation in coexisting time-division duplexed (TDD) transceivers includes: a blocker canceller that transforms a transmit signal of a TDD transceiver into a blocker cancellation signal configured to remove transmit-band interference in a receive signal; a first filter that filters the blocker cancellation signal; a second filter that filters the transmit signal; and a transmit-noise canceller that transforms the filtered transmit signal into a transmit noise cancellation signal configured to remove receive-band interference in the receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Jung-Il Choi, Jeffrey Mehlman
  • Patent number: 11329616
    Abstract: A system for split-frequency amplification, preferably including: one or more primary-band amplification stages, one or more secondary-band amplification stages, one or more band-splitting filters, and/or one or more signal couplers. An analog canceller including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A mixer including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A voltage-controlled oscillator including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A method for split-frequency amplification, preferably including: receiving an input signal, separating the input signal into signal portions, and/or amplifying the signal portions, and optionally including combining the amplified signal portions and/or providing one or more output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Ernest Landi
  • Patent number: 11211969
    Abstract: A system for enhanced linearity mixing includes an input-source signal coupler; a local oscillator (LO) signal coupler; a primary mixer that combines, via heterodyning, the primary-mixer-input signal and the primary-mixer-LO signal to generate a primary-mixer-output signal; a distortion-source mixer that combines, via heterodyning, the distortion-mixer-input signal and the distortion-mixer-LO signal to generate a distortion-mixer-output signal; and an output signal coupler that combines the primary-mixer-output signal and the distortion-mixer-output signal to generate an output signal with reduced non-linearity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi
  • Patent number: 11128329
    Abstract: A system for self-interference cancellation includes a frequency downconverter that decomposes a sampled RF transmit signal into an in-phase transmit signal and a quadrature transmit signal; a first analog vector modulator that scales the transmit signals to generate first scaled transmit signals; a second analog vector modulator that scales delayed transmit signals to generate second scaled transmit signals; a frequency upconverter that recomposes the scaled transmit signals into an RF self-interference cancellation signal; and a receive coupler that that combines the RF self-interference cancellation signal with a RF receive signal to reduce self-interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi, Dai Sieh, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Publication number: 20210175863
    Abstract: A system for split-frequency amplification, preferably including: one or more primary-band amplification stages, one or more secondary-band amplification stages, one or more band-splitting filters, and/or one or more signal couplers. An analog canceller including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A mixer including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A voltage-controlled oscillator including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A method for split-frequency amplification, preferably including: receiving an input signal, separating the input signal into signal portions, and/or amplifying the signal portions, and optionally including combining the amplified signal portions and/or providing one or more output signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Ernest Landi
  • Publication number: 20210143917
    Abstract: A system for enhancing isolation in coexisting time-division duplexed (TDD) transceivers includes: a blocker canceller that transforms a transmit signal of a TDD transceiver into a blocker cancellation signal configured to remove transmit-band interference in a receive signal; a first filter that filters the blocker cancellation signal; a second filter that filters the transmit signal; and a transmit-noise canceller that transforms the filtered transmit signal into a transmit noise cancellation signal configured to remove receive-band interference in the receive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Jung-Il Choi, Jeffrey Mehlman
  • Patent number: 10965260
    Abstract: A system for split-frequency amplification, preferably including: one or more primary-band amplification stages, one or more secondary-band amplification stages, one or more band-splitting filters, and/or one or more signal couplers. An analog canceller including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A mixer including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A voltage-controlled oscillator including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A method for split-frequency amplification, preferably including: receiving an input signal, separating the input signal into signal portions, and/or amplifying the signal portions, and optionally including combining the amplified signal portions and/or providing one or more output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Ernest Landi
  • Publication number: 20210075381
    Abstract: A system for split-frequency amplification, preferably including: one or more primary-band amplification stages, one or more secondary-band amplification stages, one or more band-splitting filters, and/or one or more signal couplers. An analog canceller including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A mixer including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A voltage-controlled oscillator including one or more split-frequency amplifiers. A method for split-frequency amplification, preferably including: receiving an input signal, separating the input signal into signal portions, and/or amplifying the signal portions, and optionally including combining the amplified signal portions and/or providing one or more output signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Ernest Landi
  • Patent number: 10931383
    Abstract: A system for enhancing isolation in coexisting time-division duplexed (TDD) transceivers includes: a blocker canceller that transforms a transmit signal of a TDD transceiver into a blocker cancellation signal configured to remove transmit-band interference in a receive signal; a first filter that filters the blocker cancellation signal; a second filter that filters the transmit signal; and a transmit-noise canceller that transforms the filtered transmit signal into a transmit noise cancellation signal configured to remove receive-band interference in the receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Jung-Il Choi, Jeffrey Mehlman
  • Publication number: 20210050877
    Abstract: A system for interference mitigation includes: a first transmit coupler; a receive-band noise cancellation system; a first transmit-band filter; a second transmit coupler; a first receive coupler; a transmit-band noise cancellation system; a first receive-band filter; and a second receive coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jung-il Choi, Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle
  • Publication number: 20200395966
    Abstract: A system for self-interference cancellation includes a frequency downconverter that decomposes a sampled RF transmit signal into an in-phase transmit signal and a quadrature transmit signal; a first analog vector modulator that scales the transmit signals to generate first scaled transmit signals; a second analog vector modulator that scales delayed transmit signals to generate second scaled transmit signals; a frequency upconverter that recomposes the scaled transmit signals into an RF self-interference cancellation signal; and a receive coupler that that combines the RF self-interference cancellation signal with a RF receive signal to reduce self-interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle, Ernie Landi, Dai Sieh, Jung-Il Choi, Mayank Jain
  • Patent number: 10862528
    Abstract: A system for interference mitigation includes: a first transmit coupler; a receive-band noise cancellation system; a first transmit-band filter; a second transmit coupler; a first receive coupler; a transmit-band noise cancellation system; a first receive-band filter; and a second receive coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Kumu Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-il Choi, Mayank Jain, Wilhelm Steffen Hahn, Alfred Riddle