With Control Of Input Electrode Or Gain Control Electrode Bias Patents (Class 330/129)
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Patent number: 10367535Abstract: A Cartesian loop circuit includes a reference signal amplifier, a forward path coupled to the reference signal amplifier, a feedback path coupled to the forward path, and a controller. The forward path includes an up-mixer to up mix a forward path signal to a radio frequency signal. The feedback path includes a down-mixer to down mix a feedback signal to a frequency of a baseband reference signal inputted to the forward path. The feedback path provides the down-mixed feedback signal to the forward path. The controller is to perform power control at a low power by controlling a gain of the reference signal amplifier and is to perform power control at a high power by controlling a gain of the down-mixer. At the high power, the controller may perform power control by further controlling the gain of the up-mixer.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Nir Corse, Mark Rozental, Yaniv Salem
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Patent number: 10326284Abstract: A power distribution and control module includes a digital data processor and associated memory module operating an energy management program or schema and a battery charging manager program thereon. The energy management schema is operable to determine an instantaneous configuration of the power and distribution and control module, to determine total instantaneous input power available, total instantaneous power demand by connected power loads and to allocate a portion of the input power to power the loads. Thereafter any unallocated power is allocated to charge rechargeable batteries using allocation criteria that are situationally variable.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Revision Military Ltd.Inventors: David N. Long, Seth M. Dziengeleski, Gregory D. McConnell
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Patent number: 10321538Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a protective circuit for an output terminal capacitor of a light-emitting diode (LED) driver, and a method for providing the protective circuit. The protective circuit is connected to two ends of the output terminal capacitor and includes a switching element, a voltage dividing unit and a one-way conduction unit. The switching element is in parallel connection with the output terminal capacitor, the one-way conduction unit is connected between the switching element and the output terminal capacitor, the switching element is switched on when a voltage exceeds a threshold so as to establish a short circuit between two ends of the output terminal capacitor and prevent an excessively large voltage from being applied to the output terminal capacitor, and the one-way conduction unit allows a current to flow across the output terminal capacitor from the protective circuit by a one-way conduction.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD.Inventor: Xianjiang Diao
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Patent number: 10305518Abstract: A Cartesian loop circuit includes a reference signal amplifier, a forward path coupled to the reference signal amplifier, a feedback path coupled to the forward path, and a controller. The forward path includes an up-mixer to up mix a forward path signal to a radio frequency signal. The feedback path includes a down-mixer to down mix a feedback signal to a frequency of a baseband reference signal inputted to the forward path. The feedback path provides the down-mixed feedback signal to the forward path. The controller is to perform power control at a low power by controlling a gain of the reference signal amplifier and is to perform power control at a high power by controlling a gain of the down-mixer. At the high power, the controller may perform power control by further controlling the gain of the up-mixer.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Nir Corse, Mark Rozental, Yaniv Salem
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Patent number: 10291188Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, method for generating an output signal of an amplifier having an increased signal to noise ratio includes receiving a first signal at an input terminal of the amplifier that is not part of a differential input. The input terminal of the amplifier is a sole input terminal of the amplifier. The first signal has an externally received portion and a feedback portion. A first amplified signal is generated at an output of the amplifier. High frequency components of the first amplified signal may be filtered. A feedback signal is generated at the sole input terminal of the amplifier in response to the first output signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventor: Takashi Tokano
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Patent number: 10278143Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method of operating an electronic device includes identifying an RSSI value and setting a power amplifier to a first power amplification mode or a second power amplification mode based on the identified one or more RSSI value, wherein the first power amplification mode and the second power amplification mode supply different supply voltages to the power amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sangho Kam
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Patent number: 10267872Abstract: A device for streaming magnetic flux data generated by an electrical generator for a power plant. The device includes a flux probe located on the generator to enable detection of a magnetic flux of the generator. The device also includes a computer having an interface, wherein the computer includes an analog-to-digital converter. In addition, the device includes a calibration circuit attached to the flux probe by a first cable and the interface by a second cable. The calibration circuit measures a resistance of the second cable and a voltage of the flux probe wherein ends of the second cable are shorted when measuring the cable resistance and the flux probe voltage. A gain is determined based on the cable resistance and flux probe voltage to provide a suitable input voltage at the interface to deliver the magnetic flux data to the computer.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.Inventor: Edward David Thompson
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Patent number: 10265117Abstract: A method for controlling a waveform shape of a motional branch current in an ultrasonic transducer of a surgical device. The method may comprise generating a transducer drive signal by selectively recalling, using a direct digital synthesis (DDS) algorithm, drive signal waveform samples stored in a look-up table (LUT), generating samples of current and voltage of the transducer drive signal when the transducer drive signal is communicated to the surgical device, determining samples of the motional branch current based on the current and voltage samples, a static capacitance of the ultrasonic transducer and a frequency of the transducer drive signal, comparing each sample of the motional branch current to a respective target sample of a target waveform to determine an error amplitude, and modifying the drive signal waveform samples stored in the LUT such that an amplitude error between subsequent samples of the motional branch current and respective target samples is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Eitan T. Wiener, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, James R. Giordano, Foster B. Stulen, Joseph A. Brotz, John E. Hein
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Patent number: 10257015Abstract: A polar transmitter includes an amplitude path comprising an amplitude signal that corresponds to an amplitude of a vector sum of an in-phase input signal and a quadrature input signal; a phase path comprising a phase modulator configured to phase-modulate a phase signal that corresponds to the phase of the vector sum of the in-phase input signal and the quadrature input signal; a digital power amplifier (DPA) configured to amplify the phase-modulated (PM) input signal based on the amplitude signal; a tunable matching network coupled to an output of the DPA and configured to adjust a load impedance of the DPA; and a controller configured to adjust the matching network based on a look-up table with respect to amplitude and frequency information, where the look-up table indicates a plurality of optimal operation modes of the matching network for specific combinations of amplitude and frequency information.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Xun Luo, Jian Liang
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Patent number: 10181820Abstract: Disclosed herein are power amplification systems that are dynamically biased based on a signal indicative of an envelope of the signal being amplified. The power amplification systems include a power amplifier configured to amplify an input radio-frequency (RF) signal to generate an output RF signal when biased by a biasing signal. The power amplification systems also include a bias component configured to generate the biasing signal based on an envelope signal indicative of an envelope of the input RF signal. The biasing signal can improve or enhance the linearity of the power amplification systems.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Florinel G. Balteanu, Paul T. DiCarlo, Boshi Jin, Serge Francois Drogi
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Patent number: 10164593Abstract: Embodiments of power detector circuits and related methods to compensate for undesired DC offsets generated within power detector circuits are disclosed. Input signals having input frequencies are received and converted to a magnitude signal, and reference signals are also generated. The magnitude signal may include a DC component proportional to a power of the input signal along with undesired DC offsets. The reference signal may include a DC component proportional to a power of at least one input reference signal along with undesired DC offsets. To compensate for errors introduced by the DC offsets, a programmable digital input signal is determined in a calibration mode and then applied to reference circuitry in a normal mode to compensate for the DC offsets. For the calibration mode, a difference between the magnitude signal and the reference signal is compared to a threshold value to generate a power detection output signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Navin Harwalkar, John M. Khoury
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Patent number: 10164668Abstract: A mobile phone device, a radio frequency transceiver circuit and an impedance adjusting device. The present invention discloses a mobile phone device. The mobile phone device comprises a baseband processor, an antenna, a duplexer and a radio frequency transceiver circuit. The antenna is used to receive and send radio frequency signals. The duplexer is electrically connected to the antenna. The radio frequency transceiver circuit is connected to the baseband processor and the duplexer, respectively. The radio frequency transceiver circuit comprises a first power amplifier and an impedance adjusting device. The first power amplifier has a first output impedance.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jinfeng Zhou, Zhichong Chen
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Patent number: 10158419Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving two or more input radio-frequency (RF) signals, each input RF signal being received on a separate input channel and having a different frequency range. The method also includes amplifying each input RF signal of the two or more input RF signals separately to produce two or more respective amplified RF signals. The method further includes aggregating the two or more amplified RF signals into one aggregated communication signal using a passive waveguide multiplexer, where the aggregated communication signal is an E-band communication signal having a frequency range within approximately 71-76 GHz or approximately 81-86 GHz. The method also includes transmitting the aggregated communication signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Abhishek Tiwari
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Patent number: 10129825Abstract: Processes, methods and circuits for improving battery life by reducing the battery power-drain of battery-powered devices using wireless transceivers is disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention provide for dynamically changing the bias current, impedance, and gain, either separately or in combination, during circuit operation to optimize or to reduce power dissipation. The dynamic variations may be implemented by varying the value of a resistance and/or a capacitance by opening switches across one or more portions of the resistance. Also, the dynamic variations may include setting any of the gain, bias current, or impedance parameters of the receiver circuit in between a high and low level, followed by adjusting the parameter up or down in response to a desired signal and an interferer signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Theta IP, LLCInventor: Yannis Tsividis
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Patent number: 10122322Abstract: Dynamic error vector magnitude correction for radio-frequency amplifiers. In some embodiments, a radio-frequency amplification system can include an amplifier configured to receive an input signal through an input path and generate an amplified signal, a power adjustment component implemented along the input path and configured to adjust power of the input signal, and a control circuit configured to provide a control signal to the power adjustment component based on an operating condition associated with the amplifier, such that an impact of the operating condition on the amplifier is compensated by the adjusted power of the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Lui Lam, Zhiguo Lai, Andrew Raymond Chen
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Patent number: 10109999Abstract: An envelope tracking power supply (ET PS) transmission line switch can be operable between an ET PS and a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA). The ET PS transmission line switch assembly can include a quarter wavelength (¼?) transmission line configured for high impedance at a specified low RF and a switch coupled to a specified point on the quarter wavelength transmission line to generate a high frequency quarter wavelength transmission line when the switch is toggled. The quarter wavelength transmission line is configured to be coupled to a voltage output of the ET PS and a RF output of the RF PA. The high frequency quarter wavelength transmission line is configured for high impedance at a specified high RF, and the specified high RF is higher than the specified low RF.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventor: Mark B. Walker
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Patent number: 10103921Abstract: A method for transmitting a signal is described, wherein the method has transforming a signal into a frequency domain to obtain a spectrum, forming a filtered spectrum according to a filter spectrum and occupying a set of subcarriers of a frequency domain representation of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) signal with the filtered spectrum. A temporary signal is obtained by transforming the frequency domain representation of the OFDM signal into a time domain. The temporary signal is subjected to a phase modulation.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Volker Jungnickel, Liane Grobe
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Patent number: 10097148Abstract: Provided is a power amplification module that includes: a first amplification circuit that amplifies a first signal and outputs the amplified first signal as a second signal; a second amplification circuit that amplifies the second signal and outputs the amplified second signal as a third signal; and a feedback circuit that re-inputs/feeds back the second signal outputted from the first amplification circuit to the first amplification circuit as the first signal. The operation of the first amplification circuit is halted and the first signal passes through the feedback circuit and is outputted as the second signal at the time of a low power output mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Shota Ishihara
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Patent number: 10079637Abstract: A very small aperture terminal (VSAT) installation tool is provided having the ability to measure cable loss along an interfacility link (IFL) between an outdoor unit and an indoor unit of the VSAT. Radio frequency (RF) signals can be transmitted from the indoor unit to the outdoor unit, where the RF signals are intercepted along the IFL prior to reaching the outdoor unit, and the output power is determined. The determined output power is compared to an expected output power at the indoor unit. The delta between the determined output power and the expected output power can be used to adjust the power of the indoor unit such that the outdoor unit can operate without reaching its compression point.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Emanuel Girard Harrington, George Eapen, Yong Kang Yuan
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Patent number: 10063203Abstract: Embodiments of power detector circuits and related methods to compensate for undesired DC offsets generated within power detector circuits are disclosed. Input signals having input frequencies are received and converted to a magnitude signal, and reference signals are also generated. The magnitude signal may include a DC component proportional to a power of the input signal along with undesired DC offsets. The reference signal may include a DC component proportional to a power of at least one input reference signal along with undesired DC offsets. To compensate for errors introduced by the DC offsets, a DC offset calibration signal or a gain are determined in a calibration mode and then applied in a normal mode to compensate for the DC offsets. For the calibration mode, a difference between the magnitude signal and the reference signal is compared to a threshold value to generate a power detection output signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Navin Harwalkar, John M. Khoury
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Patent number: 10038992Abstract: Devices, systems, and method are provided for wireless coded communication (WCC) devices, which are configured for wireless communication with other devices, e.g., over a network. A WCC device is a type of internet of things (IOT) device that can sense data, process data, send data, respond to data requests and exchange data with other WCC device, a network device, a user device, and/or systems over the internet. In some configurations, a WCC device may include a power source that enables usage of low power, e.g., to send data that is sensed, request data and/or communicate data wirelessly. WCC devices maybe function as standalone devices or may be integrated into other devices. In some configurations, a WCC device may include power harvesting circuitry, including power harvesting user controls. A WCC device may be pre-configured or coded to report occurrence of an event, log an event, log state, cause an action, send a message or request data from one or more end nodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Inventors: Gary M. Zalewski, Albert S. Penilla
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Patent number: 10033343Abstract: A device includes a reconfigurable receiver front end having variable gain and variable bandwidth configured to tune to a plurality of communication channels in a communication band, the reconfigurable receiver front end responsive to a signal power level.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Aleksandar Miodrag Tasic, Chiewcharn Narathong, Gurkanwal Singh Sahota, Shrenik Patel
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Patent number: 10028222Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling power in a communication system are provided. The method includes amplifying an input signal by a second processor farther from an antenna than a first processor, and determining whether to enable or disable each of the first processor and the second processor based on results from the amplification by the second processor. Another method includes amplifying an input signal from an antenna by a second processor electrically farther from the antenna than a first processor, and determining whether to operate the first processor and the second processor based on a value related to a reception state for the amplified signal by the second processor.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ju-Ho Son, Jeong-Ho Lee, Chul-Woo Byeon, Dae-Young Lee, Sun-Kyu Choi
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Patent number: 10014886Abstract: A bias circuit provides additional bias current for power amplifiers during data bursts to compensate for the gain droop caused by a rise in the power amplifier temperature during the data burst. A bias circuit includes a difference amplifier and switches coupled to the difference amplifier. The switches operate the bias circuit in a first mode when a transmit data burst is detected and operate the bias circuit in a second mode after the bias circuit has operated in the first mode for a predetermined period of time. In the first mode, the bias circuit charges a storage capacitor and sets an output current to zero. In the second mode, the bias circuit outputs the output current that increases above the initial value of zero as the PA warms up, where the excursion of this increase of current is determined by a register. The switches disable the bias circuit when the transmit data burst ends.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Edward John Wemyss Whittaker, Gordon Glen Rabjohn
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Patent number: 9991850Abstract: An RF amplifier module that has a plurality of amplifiers wherein at least one of the amplifiers is powered via an envelope tracking module. The biasing input of at least one of the amplifiers is provided to the first amplifier to power the first amplifier to reduce power consumption. The first amplifier may also be powered via fixed biasing to provide greater stability of the module.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Philip John Lehtola
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Patent number: 9989622Abstract: In a general aspect, the radio state of a wireless communication device is controlled. In some aspects, a first set of motion detection signals is processed by operation of a radio subsystem of a wireless communication device in a first radio state. An amount of variation in the first set of motion detection signals is determined based on values of a parameter of the motion detection signals. A counter is updated in response to a determination that the variation is greater than a first threshold, and the radio subsystem is changed to a second radio state based on comparing the value of the counter with a second threshold. A motion detection process is executed to detect motion of an object in the space based on a second set of motion detection signals processed by operation of the radio subsystem in the second radio state.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Cognitive Systems Corp.Inventors: Dustin Griesdorf, Stephen Arnold Devison, Christopher Vytautas Olekas
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Patent number: 9979359Abstract: Optimized impedance characteristics of a variable impedance device causes the apparatus to transmit wireless signals with minimal out-of-band transmission at an optimized efficiency of the power amplifier. The variation of impedance characteristics of an antenna cause a change in the coefficients of a mapping function. The relatively fast variations to the power supply voltage of a power amplifier are applied to the mapping function to generate control signals which vary the impedance characteristics of a variable impedance device. The output of the mapping function includes control signals that control optimized impedance characteristics of a variable impedance device as a function of the variation of the supply voltage to a power amplifier. The coefficients of the mapping function may be regularly determined based on a comparison of out-of-band power and in-band power transmitted by an antenna.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: CCIP, LLCInventor: Ronald Duane McCallister
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Patent number: 9979496Abstract: Some embodiments include a system for simulating electromagnetic environments that includes a channel emulator having a plurality of outputs, each output associated with a different operational path. Each operational path has a power amplifier, an antenna and a first coupling mechanism. The power amplifier is coupled to an output of the channel emulator. The antenna is in communication with a test region of the apparatus. The first coupling mechanism simultaneously couples power to the antenna and to a first measurement path when the operational path is coupled to the test region, so that a calibration state of the operational path can be determined and adjusted without interruption of a signal coupled to the antenna in the operational path.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: ETS- Lindgren Inc.Inventor: Michael David Foegelle
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Patent number: 9906209Abstract: A biased impedance circuit, an impedance adjustment circuit, and an associated signal generator are provided. The biased impedance circuit is coupled to a summation node and applies a biased impedance to the summation node. A periodic input signal is received at the summation node. The biased impedance circuit includes a switching circuit for receiving an output window signal, wherein a period of the output window signal is shorter than a period of the periodic input signal. The switching circuit includes a low impedance path and a high impedance path. The low impedance sets the biased impedance to a first impedance when the output window signal is at a first voltage level. The high impedance path sets the biased impedance to a second impedance when the output window signal is at a second voltage level. The first impedance is less than the second impedance.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Keng-Meng Chang, Yao-Chi Wang
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Patent number: 9900735Abstract: A communication system providing volume attenuation as a function of distance from the communication source to simulate natural communication.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATIONInventors: Traci Barron, Scott Cassidy, David Perry, Eric Sugalski
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Patent number: 9872260Abstract: A power adjustment method includes: measuring output power that is obtained when input power to be amplified in a linear region is input to a power amplifier configured to amplify input power linearly in the linear region and amplify input power nonlinearly in a nonlinear region; deriving a straight line connecting a measurement point corresponding to the measured output power and a boundary point between the linear region and the nonlinear region in a coordinate plane representing input/output characteristics; acquiring information on an approximate equation that is stored in advance in correspondence with the measured output power, the approximate equation representing a relation between input power and output power in the nonlinear region; and storing information on the derived straight line and the acquired information on the approximate equation in a semiconductor integrated circuit provided at a preceding stage of the power amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Nobuhide Hachiya, Takashi Tanii, Yasuhiro Murakami, Yusuke Yamamori, Yasuaki Takeuchi, Masahiko Hirao, Manabu Murakami, Mikio Hayashihara
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Patent number: 9838962Abstract: Processes, methods and circuits for improving battery life by reducing the battery power-drain of battery-powered devices with wireless receivers is disclosed. Embodiments provide for variably changing the bias current, impedance, and gain through a plurality of values, either separately or in combination, during receiver circuit operation to optimize power dissipation. The dynamic changes to gain, bias and impedance characteristics of the receiver circuit may occur in any of an amplifier, a filter, and a mixer, and are responsive to the components of an input signal comprising a desired signal and interferer signal. Dynamic changes may also be made to a dynamic range and noise floor of the receiver circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Theta IP, LLCInventor: Yannis Tsividis
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Patent number: 9813276Abstract: A method for transmitting a signal is described, wherein the method has transforming a signal into a frequency domain to obtain a spectrum, forming a filtered spectrum according to a filter spectrum and occupying a set of subcarriers of a frequency domain representation of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) signal with the filtered spectrum. A temporary signal is obtained by transforming the frequency domain representation of the OFDM signal into a time domain. The temporary signal is subjected to a phase modulation.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Volker Jungnickel, Liane Grobe
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Patent number: 9813997Abstract: A wireless transmission system disclosed herein includes a transmitter-receiver pair. When a dielectric object approaches the transmitter-receiver pair, a signal strength of a transmitted carrier wave increases at the receiver. In response, transmission power of the transmitter can be dynamically reduced. When the dielectric object moves away from the transmitter-receiver pair, a signal strength of the carrier wave decreases at the receiver. In response, the transmission power of the transmitter can be dynamically increased.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Sean Russell Mercer, Charbel Khawand
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Patent number: 9813025Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for amplifying a radio frequency transmission signal, comprising: an envelope signal obtaining unit (210) configured to obtain a slow envelope signal indicating a time averaging amplitude component of the radio frequency signal and a fast envelope signal indicating an instant amplitude component of the radio frequency signal; a supply voltage modulating unit (230) configured to provide an output modulated supply voltage to the power amplifying unit by modulating a direct current supply voltage based on both the slow envelope signal and the fast envelope signal; and a power amplifying unit (220) configured to amplify power of the radio frequency transmission signal according to the output modulated supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventor: Zhancang Wang
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Patent number: 9800905Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, digitally encoded audio may be sent by a computing system to a user system over a network. The user system may receive the digitally encoded audio, may produce a sound encoded within the digitally encoded audio, and may record a sample of the sound as produced by the user system. The sample may be analyzed, a format of digitally encoded audio may be selected based on the analysis, and audio digitally encoded in accordance with the selected format may be sent by the computing system to the user system over the network.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Dave Rose, White Webuye, Dave Ohare
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Patent number: 9793943Abstract: A duplexer-less transceiver arrangement is disclosed. The transceiver comprises a receiver configured for frequency-division duplex communication with a communication network; a transmitter configured for frequency-division duplex communication with the communication network; an antenna port for connecting to an antenna; a balancing impedance circuit arranged to provide an adaptive impedance arranged to mimic the impedance at the antenna port; and an impedance network differentially connecting the receiver, transmitter, antenna port and balancing impedance circuit, wherein the impedance network includes a cross-connection.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Henrik Sjöland, Stefan Andersson, Tobias Tired, Johan Wernehag
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Patent number: 9791489Abstract: A device with at least one channel for measuring high dynamic range, radio frequency (RF) power levels over broad-ranging duty cycles includes a power sensor circuit comprising at least one logarithmic amplifier; at least one directional RF coupler electrically connected to the at least one power sensor; at least one RF attenuator electrically connected to the at least one RF coupler; and at least one sampling circuit electrically connected to the at least one RF attenuator and the at least one RF coupler. The at least one sampling circuit performs analog-to-digital conversion of electrical signals received to provide digitals signals for measuring the RF power level in the at least one channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYInventors: Paul A. Bottomley, William Edelstein, Abdel-Monem M. El-Sharkawy, Di Qian
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Patent number: 9793858Abstract: The invention relates to a technique for controlling in an envelope tracking amplification stage, comprising: determining a representation of the output signal of the amplifier; determining a representation of the input signal of the amplifier; adjusting the determined representation of the input signal according to a target characteristic of the amplifier; comparing the adjusted input and determined representation of the output; and generating a control signal in dependence on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.Inventor: Nicholas Shute
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Patent number: 9784794Abstract: A parameter estimation device using a filter includes a preprocessing computing circuit, a state estimating circuit and a state-of-charge estimating circuit. A low-pass filter of the preprocessing computing circuit transfers the voltage preprocessing value and the current preprocessing value from inputted discharge-and-charge current value and terminal voltage value, respectively. The state estimating circuit estimates parameters of a state equation of a battery equivalent model based on the battery equivalent model containing a resistance and a capacitor from the voltage preprocessing value and the current preprocessing value inputted. The state-of-charge estimating circuit estimates the state of charge from state quantity obtained. The time constant varies in such a way that the higher the temperature and the state of charge becomes the smaller the time constant becomes.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATIONInventors: Kinnosuke Itabashi, Nozomu Teranishi
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Patent number: 9787267Abstract: The present invention relates in one aspect to an audio amplification circuit comprising an input terminal for receipt of an input signal from a transducer. A signal processor is operatively coupled to the input terminal for receipt and processing of the input signal to generate a processed digital audio signal in accordance with a programmable configuration setting of the signal processor. A serial data transmission interface is configured for receipt of the processed digital audio signal and supply of a corresponding digital audio stream at an output terminal of the integrated audio amplification circuit. A serial data receipt interface is operatively coupled to an externally accessible configuration terminal of the integrated audio amplification circuit and a controller is configured to adjust one of the programmable configuration setting of the signal processor and a format of a digital audio stream in accordance with first configuration data received through the serial data receipt interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: INVENSENSE, INC.Inventors: Mikael Mortensen, Jacob Midtgaard
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Patent number: 9768729Abstract: A power amplifier has improved power added efficiency at high output power. The power amplifier includes: a first transistor for amplifying an input signal input to the base thereof and outputting the amplified signal from the collector thereof; a second transistor with power-supply voltage applied to the collector thereof to supply bias voltage or bias current from the emitter thereof to the base of the first transistor; a third transistor whose collector is connected to the collector of the first transistor to amplify the input signal input to the base thereof and output the amplified signal from a collector thereof; a fourth transistor whose base and collector are connected to supply bias from the emitter thereof to the base of the third transistor; and a first resistor with bias control voltage applied to one end thereof and the other end connected to the bases of the second and fourth transistors.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuma Sugiura, Takashi Yamada, Norio Hayashi, Satoshi Tanaka, Kenichi Shimamoto, Kazuo Watanabe
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Patent number: 9768810Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, determining, by a controller of a mobile communication device, a phase shift criteria and an amplitude shift criteria associated with a modulation being implemented by the mobile communication device. The controller can determine a group of tuning steps that satisfies the phase and amplitude shift criteria and that provides a desired tuning step for a matching network of the mobile communication device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Matthew Greene, Carsten Hoirup, Keith Manssen
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Patent number: 9768373Abstract: A switched resonant power amplifier system for ultrasonic transducers is disclosed. The system includes an amplifier that receives and processes a driver output signal for generating a drive signal that is provided to an ultrasonic device for controlling output of the ultrasonic device. An output control circuit receives and processes a signal related to a feedback signal generated by the ultrasonic device and a divider reference signal, and generates a compensated clock signal that is adjusted for at least one of phase and frequency differences between the received feedback signal and the divider reference signal. A compensated drive circuit receives and processes the compensated clock signal for generating the divider reference signal, and for generating the driver output signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Covidien AGInventors: James H. Orszulak, James W. McPherson
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Patent number: 9735743Abstract: Optimized impedance characteristics of a variable impedance device causes the apparatus to transmit wireless signals with minimal out-of-band transmission at an optimized efficiency of the power amplifier. The variation of impedance characteristics of an antenna cause a change in the coefficients of a mapping function. The relatively fast variations to the power supply voltage of a power amplifier are applied to the mapping function to generate control signals which vary the impedance characteristics of a variable impedance device. The output of the mapping function includes control signals that control optimized impedance characteristics of a variable impedance device as a function of the variation of the supply voltage to a power amplifier. The coefficients of the mapping function may be regularly determined based on a comparison of out-of-band power and in-band power transmitted by an antenna.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: CCIP, LLCInventor: Ronald Duane McCallister
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Patent number: 9729111Abstract: A method for facilitating the impedance matching of radiofrequency circuits, notably transmission circuits using a power amplifier connected to a load which may include an antenna. A signal is produced for measuring the temperature resulting from the operation of the output amplifier stage, by a temperature sensor positioned in the immediate vicinity of this stage, the measuring signal is used to control a circuit for controlling the variable impedances of a matching network positioned between the amplifier and the load, and values which seek to minimize the sensed temperature are applied to these variable impedances values. An abnormal heating of the amplifier is an indication of an impedance mismatch that must be corrected to restore a minimum temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventor: José Luis Gonzalez Jimenez
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Patent number: 9716475Abstract: A selectable low noise amplifier (LNA) system comprising, a plurality of LNAs having a plurality of LNA characteristics and at least one selection switch network coupled to the plurality of LNAs to select at least one of the plurality of LNAs.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Peregrine Semiconductor CorporationInventor: Hossein Noori
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Patent number: 9692392Abstract: Techniques to implement a filter for a selected signal path by reusing a circuit component in an unselected signal path are disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes first, second, and third circuits. The first circuit passes a first radio frequency (RF) signal to an antenna when a first signal path is selected. The second circuit passes a second RF signal to the antenna when a second signal path is selected. The third circuit is selectively coupled to the first circuit, e.g., via a switch. The first and third circuits form a filter for the second RF signal (e.g., to attenuate a harmonic of the second RF signal) when the second signal path is selected and the first signal path is unselected. The first circuit may include a series inductor, and the third circuit may include a shunt capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jose Cabanillas, Aristotele Hadjichristos, Per O Kristensen, Mohan V Puntambekar
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Patent number: 9693138Abstract: A circuit may include an audio amplifier (314) configured to amplify an input signal (SAUDIO) to generate an output signal (SOUT+, SOUT?) suitable for driving a loud speaker (316). A first circuit (318) may be configured to generate a first analog signal (SI) based on a current level drawn by the loud speaker (316), and a second circuit (320) may be configured to generate a second analog signal (SV) based on a voltage supplied across the loud speaker (316). A third circuit (322, 312) may be configured to generate a third analog signal (RESIDUE) based on the difference between the first and second analog signals, and modify the input signal (SAUDIO) based on the third analog signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Alps) SASInventors: Christian Fraisse, Angelo Nagari
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Patent number: 9680671Abstract: A transceiver device 100 includes a transmit path module 110, a receive path module 120 and a compensation signal generator module 130. The transmit path module 110 generates a high frequency transmit signal 112 based on a baseband transmit signal. The receive path module 120 generates a baseband receive signal 122 based on a received high frequency receive signal 114. Further, the compensation signal generator module 130 generates a compensation signal 132 comprising at least one signal portion with a frequency equal to a frequency of an undesired signal portion of the baseband receive signal 122 caused by an undesired signal portion within the high frequency transmit signal 112 comprising a frequency equal to an integer multiple larger than 1 of a transmit frequency of the high frequency transmit signal 112.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Peter Noest, Gregory Chance