With Particular Circuit Patents (Class 342/175)
  • Patent number: 11977142
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a transmission antenna configured to transmit transmission waves; a reception antenna configured to receive reflected waves resulting from reflection of the transmission waves; and a controller. The controller is configured to detect an object reflecting the transmission waves, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission waves and a reception signal received as the reflected waves. The controller is configured to make a range of detection of the object by the transmission signal and the reception signal, variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Homma, Masamitsu Nishikido, Tooru Sahara, Youhei Murakami, Satoshi Kawaji, Masayuki Sato
  • Patent number: 11977189
    Abstract: Examples relate to a method for processing beamformed data of a medium. The beamformed data includes a first set of beamformed data associated with a first spatial region and a second set of beamformed data associated with a second spatial region, and the method includes estimating the clutter caused by the second spatial region at the first set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SUPERSONIC IMAGINE
    Inventors: Christophe Fraschini, William Lambert
  • Patent number: 11973582
    Abstract: Systems, circuits, and methods for synchronizing devices in the time-domain are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes determining a round-trip number based on a width of one cycle of a timestamping clock signal. The round-trip number is equal to a plurality of times that a clock signal is to be transmitted in a loop from a timing-leader component to a timing-follower component and back to the timing-leader component. The method also includes utilizing the timestamping clock signal to detect a cumulative time delay that results when the clock signal is transmitted in the loop a number of times equal to the round-trip number. The cumulative time delay is configured to enable synchronization of the timing-follower component with the timing-leader component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaojin Liu, Kelly Donald Fromm, Daniel Lee, Vahid M. Naraghi
  • Patent number: 11909105
    Abstract: An antenna for improving an influence of surface waves and increasing a beamwidth includes: a substrate, a first metal ground, a second metal ground, an emitting end and a receiving module. The first metal ground and the second metal ground are disposed on a first surface of the substrate. The second metal ground is completely separated from the first metal ground by a first gap. The emitting end is disposed on the first metal ground and includes a transmission line and a plurality of radiating elements. The receiving module is disposed on the second metal ground and includes a first receiving end and a second receiving end. The first receiving end includes a transmission line and a plurality of radiating elements. The second receiving end includes a transmission line and a plurality of radiating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ARCADYAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guan-Yi Li, Shin-Lung Kuo
  • Patent number: 11894601
    Abstract: Provided is a millimeter-wave radar package module, which relates to antenna packaging. The millimeter wave radar package module includes a package and a plurality of antenna units packaged therein. The package includes a chip, and the chip includes a transmitter and a receiver. The antenna units are respectively connected to an output pin of the receiver and an output pin of the transmitter through a transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: 8TH RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zongming Duan, Chuanming Zhu, Ying Liu, Bowen Wu, Weiwei Jin, Bingfei Dou, Yuefei Dai
  • Patent number: 11774592
    Abstract: A wireless multimode system includes: an array of N antenna elements that includes a first portion of M antenna elements and a second portion of L antenna elements; M transmission amplifiers configured to transmit, via the M antenna elements, frames of transmit data, where the frames of transmit data include transmit radar signals and transmit communication signals; M reception amplifiers configured to receive, via the M antenna elements, frames of receive data, where the frames of receive data includes receive communication signals; and L reception amplifiers configured to receive, via the L antenna elements, receive radar signals; and a resource scheduler configured to allocate bandwidth for transmit radar signals and transmit communication signals within the frames of transmit data based on one or more predetermined parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ivan Tsvelykh, Ashutosh Baheti, Avik Santra, Samo Vehovc
  • Patent number: 11705634
    Abstract: A single-layer Wide Angle Impedance Matching (WAIM) and method for using the same are described. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises: an aperture having a plurality of antenna elements operable to radiating radio-frequency (RF) energy; and a single-layer wide angle impedance matching (WAIM) structure coupled to the aperture to provide impedance matching between the antenna aperture and free space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Kymeta Corporation
    Inventors: Seyed Mohamad Amin Momeni Hasan Abadi, Mohsen Sazegar
  • Patent number: 11681014
    Abstract: A vehicular radar sensor includes an emission part for emitting an electromagnetic wave and a reception part for receiving an electromagnetic wave, and a waveguide including a restriction portion, which is open at front and rear surfaces thereof so as to allow an electromagnetic wave to be transmitted therethrough and which is fixed at the open rear surface thereof to the antenna and extends outwards from a front end of the antenna, and a flaring portion, which extends outwards with an increasing cross-sectional area from a front end of the restriction portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11658135
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, at least one connection element arranged on the first surface of the substrate to electrically and mechanically connect the substrate to a printed circuit board, and a radar semiconductor chip arranged on the first surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ernst Seler, Markus Josef Lang, Maciej Wojnowski
  • Patent number: 11644530
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) circuit includes an input terminal configured to receive a reception signal from an antenna; an output terminal configured to output a digital output signal; a receive path including a mixer and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), wherein the receive path is coupled to and between the input and output terminals, wherein the receive path includes an analog portion and a digital portion, and wherein the ADC generates a digital signal based on an analog signal received from the analog portion; a test signal generator configured to generate an analog test signal injected into the analog portion of the receive path; and a digital processor configured to receive a digital test signal from the digital portion, the digital test signal being derived from the analog test signal, analyze a frequency spectrum of the digital test signal, and determine a quality of the digital test signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alexander Melzer, Francesco Lombardo
  • Patent number: 11631933
    Abstract: An antenna module (1) according to the present disclosure has a dielectric substrate (20), an array antenna (10) including a plurality of patch antennas (111), an RFIC (40) electrically connected to the plurality of patch antennas (111), a signal conductor post (131) electrically connected to the RFIC (40), and a ground conductor post (132) set at a ground potential. The ground conductor post (132) is arranged, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a first main surface of the dielectric substrate (20), between the signal conductor post (131) and a first side surface closest to the signal conductor post (131) of the dielectric substrate (20) in a polarizing direction of radio frequency signals to be emitted or received by the plurality of patch antennas (111).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Asaka
  • Patent number: 11616291
    Abstract: Example radar systems are presented herein. A radar system may include an input layer having a feed waveguide and a first portion of a first waveguide section. The antenna system also includes a first dividing layer having a second portion of the first waveguide section and a first portion of a second waveguide section. The antenna system also includes a second dividing layer having a second portion of the second waveguide section and a first portion of a third waveguide section. Additionally, the antenna system includes an antenna layer having a plurality of radiating elements arranged in a linear array and a second portion of the third waveguide section. The antenna system further includes a path length from the feed waveguide to each radiating element is the same as the path length for each other radiating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventor: Jamal Izadian
  • Patent number: 11573312
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for determining an unambiguous direction of arrival (DoA) for radio frequency (RF) signals received by a sparse array. A DoA angle domain is split into hypothesis regions. The hypothesis regions are derived from the phase differences of the antenna element pairs used for the DoA angle estimate. In each hypothesis region, the ambiguous phase of antenna element pairs is unwrapped according to expected wrap-around. After unwrapping the phase, for each hypothesis region, a phasor is calculated by combining the individual antenna element pair phasors. The hypothesis region that obtains the phasor with a largest amplitude is selected as the most likely DoA region and the phase of the winning phasor is used as an unambiguous estimate for the DoA angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar, Yiting Lu, Francesco Laghezza, Feike Guus Jansen
  • Patent number: 11575262
    Abstract: Example electrical power systems include an output for supplying a DC output voltage to a load, a first power source connected with the output to supply DC power to the load, and a second power source connected with the output to supply DC power to the load. The electrical power system is configured to supply DC power to the load using only the first power source when a demand of the load is less than an output capacity of the first power source, and the second power source is configured to maintain an enabled on-state when only the first power source is supplying DC power to the load. Additional electrical power systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Astec International Limited
    Inventors: John Faustino Begino, III, Nathaniel Franco Neri
  • Patent number: 11557839
    Abstract: Disclosed are a double frequency vertical polarization antenna and a television. The double frequency vertical polarization antenna includes a dielectric substrate, and the dielectric substrate includes a power feeding surface and a mounting surface arranged oppositely. The double frequency vertical polarization antenna further includes a power feeder and an antenna part. The power feeder is provided on the power feeding surface of the dielectric substrate, and the antenna part is provided on the mounting surface of the dielectric substrate. The antenna part includes a high-frequency radiation unit and a low-frequency radiation unit spaced apart from each other. Both the high-frequency radiation unit and the low-frequency radiation unit are penetrated through the dielectric substrate and electrically connected to the power feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen TCL New Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liuzhong Yin, Kangqing Guo, Renli Xie, Zitong Wang, Fujun Yang
  • Patent number: 11550028
    Abstract: The description below relates to a method for a radar sensor. According to one example implementation, the method comprises receiving configuration data and storing the received configuration data in a first radar chip having multiple transmission channels. The configuration data contain multiple parameter sets for a chirp sequence and association information representing an association of a respective chirp of the chirp sequence with one of the multiple parameter sets. The method further comprises receiving a trigger signal in the first radar chip. The trigger signal indicates the beginning of a respective chirp of the chirp sequence. The transmission channels mentioned are repeatedly configured in sync with the trigger signal, wherein for each chirp of the chirp sequence the transmission channels are configured according to the respective association information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alexander Melzer, Bernhard Greslehner-Nimmervoll, Clemens Pfeffer
  • Patent number: 11529977
    Abstract: The present invention comprises radar detection of rail car truck assembly features to determine the presence of a rail vehicle comprising a car, axle count of the vehicle, and the travel direction of and speed of a rail car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: Diane Albert
  • Patent number: 11509051
    Abstract: A reception power supplying unit generates each of reception signals before and after a switching operation. A signal processing circuit generates each of difference signals before and after the switching operation on the basis of the reception signal and a reference signal. A phase difference detector calculates, as a transmission phase difference, the phase difference between transmission power supplying units on the basis of the respective difference signals, and adjusts a phase shift amount on the basis of the transmission phase difference and a set phase difference that is previously set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nagaishi, Akira Kitayama, Hiroshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11460539
    Abstract: A method for operating multiple sensors of a vehicle in at least partially spatially coinciding detection areas and in a shared frequency domain. In the method, at a transmission point in time, at least two sensors transmit simultaneously on separate instantaneous frequencies separated by a frequency gap, the frequency gap including at least one instantaneous receive bandwidth of the sensors, each instantaneous frequency being blocked for a use by the sensors after the transmission point in time for the duration of a time gap, the time gap including at least one signal propagation time across a reception range of the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Engewald, Michael Schoor, Stefan Heilmann
  • Patent number: 11431093
    Abstract: The present invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle built-in dual-band antenna and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle built-in dual-band antenna includes a first frequency band microstrip antenna and a second frequency band microstrip antenna. The first frequency band microstrip antenna includes a first substrate, a first microstrip feeder and a grounding terminal that are disposed on a first surface of the first substrate, a grounding terminal disposed on a second surface of the first substrate and a feeding coaxial line. A feed terminal of the feeding coaxial line is connected to a first terminal of the first microstrip feeder, and a grounding terminal of the feeding coaxial line is connected to the grounding terminal of the first surface. The grounding terminal of the first surface is connected to the grounding terminal of the second surface. The second frequency band microstrip antenna includes a second substrate and a second microstrip feeder disposed on the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengzhao Xiang, Yiye Sun, Xuefeng Sun
  • Patent number: 11430750
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a first substrate, an antenna, a support layer, a dielectric layer and a second substrate. The first substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The antenna element is disposed on the second surface of the first substrate. The support layer is disposed on the first surface of the first substrate and at the periphery of the first surface of the first substrate. The support layer has a first surface facing away from the first substrate. The dielectric layer is disposed on the first surface of the support layer and spaced apart from the first substrate. The dielectric layer is chemically bonded to the support layer. The second substrate is disposed on a first surface of the dielectric layer facing away from the support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Wen Hung Huang, Min Lung Huang, Yuh-Shan Su
  • Patent number: 11387201
    Abstract: A chip package includes a semiconductor substrate, a supporting element, an antenna layer, and a redistribution layer. The semiconductor substrate has an inclined sidewall and a conductive pad that protrudes from the inclined sidewall. The supporting element is located on the semiconductor substrate, and has a top surface facing away from the semiconductor substrate, and has an inclined sidewall adjoining the top surface. The antenna layer is located on the top surface of the supporting element. The redistribution layer is located on the inclined sidewall of the supporting element, and is in contact with a sidewall of the conductive pad and an end of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: XINTEC INC.
    Inventors: Po-Han Lee, Chia-Ming Cheng, Jiun-Yen Lai, Ming-Chung Chung, Wei-Luen Suen
  • Patent number: 11366199
    Abstract: A method for a radar system is described. In accordance with one example implementation, the method comprises generating a frequency-modulated RF oscillator signal and feeding the RF oscillator signal to a first transmitting channel and a second transmitting channel. The method further comprises generating a first RF transmission signal in the first transmitting channel based on the RF oscillator signal, emitting the first RF transmission signal via a first transmitting antenna, receiving a first RF radar signal via a receiving antenna, and converting the first RF radar signal to a baseband, as a result of which a first baseband signal is obtained, which has a first signal component having a first frequency and a first phase, where the first signal component is assignable to direct crosstalk from the first transmitting antenna. This procedure is repeated for the second transmitting channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Oliver Lang, Michael Gerstmair, Alexander Melzer, Alexander Onic, Christian Schmid
  • Patent number: 11350239
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a millimeter wave (mmWave) antenna, including a millimeter wave (mmWave) antenna, including a plurality of light elements and a plurality of active antenna elements in a predefined configuration surrounding a lensless camera element. The vehicle further includes an antenna controller configured to receive an image of a second mmWave antenna of a second vehicle via the lensless camera of the mmWave antenna, identify a scale and angle of rotation between the mmWave antenna and the second mmWave antenna based on the image, compute phase angles for the active antenna elements of the mmWave antenna according to the scale and angle of rotation, and transmit data using the active antenna elements to the second vehicle, according to the computed phase angles, to form a beam targeted at the second mmWave antenna of the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Perry Robinson MacNeille, Sandeep Sasidharan
  • Patent number: 11336026
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) system includes an RF integrated circuit (IC) die, and an antenna coupled to the RF IC die. The RF system further includes a reflector layer over the RF IC die, the reflector layer extending over at least a portion of the antenna, a combination of the antenna and the reflector layer having a radiation pattern that comprises a main lobe in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the reflector layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Saverio Trotta, Ashutosh Baheti
  • Patent number: 11305712
    Abstract: A sensor mounting structure for a vehicle includes: a fender panel; a cowl side panel provided at a lateral side of a cowl and disposed at an inner side, in a vehicle transverse direction, of the fender panel; a peripheral information detection sensor disposed at an inner side of the rear portion of the fender panel and at an outer side of the cowl side panel, the peripheral information detection sensor having a detection portion facing toward an outer side; and a mounting bracket having a vertical wall to which the peripheral information detection sensor is fixed, the mounting bracket being fixed to a vehicle body side member and being disposed between the peripheral information detection sensor and the cowl side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kataoka, Ryo Iwamatsu, Kensaku Shibata
  • Patent number: 11294049
    Abstract: A vehicular sensing system includes a control and a mounting carrier that is configured to support a plurality of sensor units at a vehicle so that the plurality of sensor units have respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle. The mounting carrier includes an electrical connector that is configured to electrically connect to an electrical connector of the vehicle. The sensor units are electrically connected to the electrical connector of the mounting carrier. The control, responsive to outputs of the sensor units, determines the presence of one or more objects within the field of sensing of at least one of the sensor units, and obtains height data pertaining to the height of the determined object. Responsive at least in part to the obtained height data, the control determines (i) that the determined object comprises a pedestrian, (ii) that the determined object comprises a curb and/or (iii) clearance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Helmut A. Wodrich
  • Patent number: 11283190
    Abstract: A fixed beam high gain antenna for generating high gain for satellite communication ground terminals includes a multi-layer PCB having a top surface forming a rear surface of the antenna and a bottom layer forming a front surface of the antenna; an antenna array including a plurality of antenna patches on the front surface of the antenna and a plurality of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) on the rear surface of the antenna; wherein the antenna array comprises at least one antenna unit cell each including one of the plurality of ASICs in connection with a corresponding plurality of the plurality of antenna patches; wherein each one of the plurality of ASICs is centrally positioned and surrounded by the corresponding plurality of antenna patches; and wherein a reduced length of the connection between each of the plurality of ASICs and the corresponding plurality of antenna patches minimizes RF transmission loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: AvL Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian J. Timmins, Keith Edenfield, Bruce Barratt, Alan Ellis
  • Patent number: 11267418
    Abstract: A sensor mounting structure for a vehicle includes: a fender panel; a cowl side panel provided at a lateral side of a cowl and disposed at an inner side, in a vehicle transverse direction, of the fender panel; a peripheral information detection sensor disposed at an inner side of the rear portion of the fender panel and at an outer side of the cowl side panel, the peripheral information detection sensor having a detection portion facing toward an outer side; and a mounting bracket having a vertical wall to which the peripheral information detection sensor is fixed, the mounting bracket being fixed to a vehicle body side member and being disposed between the peripheral information detection sensor and the cowl side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kataoka, Ryo Iwamatsu, Kensaku Shibata
  • Patent number: 11272376
    Abstract: A method of providing an increase of communication capacity in a communications system is disclosed. The method is performed in a network device and comprises: establishing a need for a communication capacity increase in a first coverage area C1, directing an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising an access node towards the first coverage area C1, and providing communication resources by the access node of the unmanned aerial vehicle to meet the communication capacity increase in a first coverage area C1. A method in an unmanned aerial vehicle, a network device, unmanned aerial vehicle, computer programs and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Andreas Nilsson, Jonas Fridén, Fredrik Harrysson, Lars Manholm
  • Patent number: 11201414
    Abstract: Antenna assemblies for vehicles, such as RADAR sensor antenna assemblies. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise an antenna block defining an array of waveguide grooves on a first side of the antenna block. A slotted layer comprising a plurality of slots may be coupled with the antenna block with the slots at least partially aligned with the waveguide grooves of the antenna block. An adhesive layer may be positioned in between the antenna block and the slotted layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Veoneer US, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott B. Doyle, Robert J. Sletten, Angelos Alexanian
  • Patent number: 11187780
    Abstract: A transportation apparatus includes an external detection device configured to detect an object. The external detection device is disposed further on an inner side than an outer surface of the transportation apparatus, on the outer surface, a lid member is attached to be removable and cover an irradiation surface when viewed from a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the irradiation surface of the external detection device, the lid member is formed so as to be removable from an abutment portion provided on the outer surface by being pressed from an inside, the outer surface is provided with an opening portion disposed close to the abutment portion, and the lid member is disposed so as to be pressable from the inside through the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Matori, Takayuki Iizuka
  • Patent number: 11183756
    Abstract: A phased array system includes an antenna system includes multiple antennas configured to transmit or receive signals and a power supply circuit configured to generate a supply power and provide the supply power to a plurality of distributed power supply circuits. The phased array system includes distributed power supply circuits, each of the plurality of distributed power supply circuits configured to receive the supply power from the power supply circuit and generate radio frequency supply powers for one multiple radio frequency circuits. The phased array system includes radio frequency circuits, each of the radio frequency circuits configured to cause one of the antennas to transmit or receive the signals based on the plurality of radio frequency supply powers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Pond, James B. Mayfield
  • Patent number: 11181600
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a magnetic resonance imaging system with motion detection for examination of a patient (53), the magnetic resonance imaging system comprising an RF coil arrangement with an RF coil (4) for transmitting and/or receiving an RF signal for generating a magnetic resonance image wherein the RF coil arrangement is provided with an additional RF sensor (5) for transmitting an RF transmit signal which is adapted for interacting with the tissue (23) of the patient (53) allowing to sense motion signals due to motions of the patient (53) simultaneously to transmitting and/or receiving the RF signal for generating the magnetic resonance image. In this way movements of a patient under examination in an MRI system may be detected in an efficient and reliable way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Leussler, Daniel Wirtz, Tim Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11125882
    Abstract: A laser pulse sampling and detecting circuit includes: a laser driver which is driven by a triggering signal for generating laser pulse signal; a photoelectric converter for converting the laser pulse signal into current pulse signal; an amplifier for amplifying and converting the current pulse signal into voltage pulse signal; an ADC which is driven by a sampling clock signal for sampling the voltage pulse signal and performing analog-to-digital conversion on the voltage pulse signal, so as to obtain output signal of the ADC; a detector for detecting the output signal of the ADC, so as to obtain peak power and FWHM of the laser pulse signal; and a clock generator for generating the sampling clock signal. Phase of the sampling clock signal consecutively changes with respect to the triggering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuefeng Chen, Yuwei Wang, Yuan Li, Tao Xia, Yifan Wu, Pei Jiang
  • Patent number: 11122561
    Abstract: System and method embodiments are provided to achieve efficient Direct Mobile Communications (DMC) and device-to-device (D2D) communications for terminal based groups with improved spectrum efficiency, reduced interference, and virtual full duplex operation mode. The embodiments include a distributed mechanism for D2D communications that enables one or more cooperating UEs (CUEs) to help one or more target UEs (TUEs) with limited additional signaling overhead and relatively simple implementation. The mechanism comprises a grantless multi-dimensional multiplexing scheme that uses low density spreading (LDS) over time, frequency, and/or space domains to enable data forwarding between multiple half-duplex terminals or UEs while allowing the UEs to operate in virtual full-duplex mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Amine Maaref, Mohammadhadi Baligh, Jianglei Ma
  • Patent number: 11119204
    Abstract: Systems and methods include emitting transmit signals from two or more non-coherent radar systems. A method also includes receiving reflected signals at the two or more non-coherent radar systems based respectively on the transmit signals from each of the two or more non-coherent radar systems being reflected by one or more objects. The non-coherent radar systems exhibit an uncorrelated phase relationship in the reflected signals received at each of the two or more non-coherent radar systems. The reflected signals are processed to obtain a joint metric that is used to identify and estimate an angle to each of the one or more objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Oded Bialer, Amnon Jonas
  • Patent number: 11119208
    Abstract: An echo image generating device may be provided, which includes a signal acquiring module, a sensitivity setting module, and a screen generating module. The signal acquiring module may acquire an echo signal from a target object around a ship. The sensitivity setting module may perform a first sensitivity setting for the echo signal in a first range, and a second sensitivity setting for the echo signal in a second range without including the first range, the second sensitivity setting being different from the first sensitivity setting. The screen generating module may generate an echo image of the first range based on the first sensitivity setting, and generate an echo image of the second range based on the second sensitivity setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Nakahama
  • Patent number: 11120692
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for preventing damage to underground assets caused by earth work or construction equipment and vehicles. The system includes a central data system, which has access to asset location and map data, and a GPS enabled tracking device provided in the vehicle. The system operates by comparing the real-time vehicle location to the stored asset locations, displaying the map, asset information and vehicle location to the vehicle operator and generating alerts when the vehicle breaches a perimeter around an asset. Preferably, both the central data system and the tracking unit are configured to operate together and in parallel, thereby improving the reliability of the system. In addition, the system is also specifically configured to implement various approaches for using and displaying asset location data during monitoring operations while preserving the confidentiality and security of sensitive information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Muhammad S. Aljuaid, Mazen A. Baragaba, Marek Zidek
  • Patent number: 11101779
    Abstract: An amplifying device includes a self-excited class D amplifier circuit and a band elimination filter. The self-excited class D amplifier circuit includes a modulation circuit that is configured to apply self-oscillating pulse modulation to an audio signal. The modulation circuit is configured to receive, from a signal generation circuit, a supply of a synchronizing signal with which the self-oscillation synchronizes. The band elimination filter is configured to reduce components that belong to a frequency band including a frequency of the synchronizing signal, in an output signal from the self-excited class D amplifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Togawa
  • Patent number: 11079769
    Abstract: An object detection method and apparatus for a vehicle in a confined space are provided. An object detection method for a vehicle traveling in a confined space, includes determining a first beam pattern and a second beam pattern based on geometric information of the confined space, detecting first candidate objects based on a first transmission signal emitted to form the first beam pattern using at least one antenna, detecting second candidate objects based on a second transmission signal emitted to form the second beam pattern using the at least one antenna, detecting at least one clutter object based on the first candidate objects and the second candidate objects, and detecting a target object based on the at least one clutter object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungdo Choi
  • Patent number: 11050491
    Abstract: A radio communication system comprising an optical carrier generator for generating at least a pair of frequency spaced optical carrier signals, a transceiver configured to modulate a first portion of the pair of spaced optical carrier signals with downlink (DL) information to generate a modulated first optical signal, combine an unmodulated second optical signal formed of a remaining unmodulated second portion of the pair of spaced optical carrier signals with the modulated first optical signal to form a combined optical signal for transmission over an optical link, receive an optical uplink (UL) signal from said optical link, said optical UL signal comprising UL information modulated on said unmodulated second portion of the spaced optical carrier signals and down convert said received optical UL signal using a photodetector to output an electrical signal at a baseband frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventor: Fadhel M Ghannouchi
  • Patent number: 11038603
    Abstract: A system includes a radio frequency (RF) receiver having an input, and an antenna terminal configured to connect to an antenna. The system further includes one or more switches that switch the receiver input of the RF receiver to connect to a terminating load that is not an antenna or to an internal antenna, and noise level measurement circuitry that measures a first RF noise level across the terminating load or the internal antenna. The one or more switches further switch the receiver input of the RF receiver to connect to the antenna terminal, and the noise level measurement circuitry further measures a second RF noise level received at the antenna terminal. The system also includes a controller that determines whether an external antenna is connected to the antenna terminal based on the first RF noise level and the second RF noise level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Neptune Technology Group Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Wayne Hamilton, II, Steven Donald Bragg
  • Patent number: 11022674
    Abstract: If a vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus is equipped with four radars disposed at each of the four corners of the body of a vehicle in order to detect an object around the vehicle, the interfere of the radio waves of the radars likely to occur. As a result, the accuracy for detecting an object by the radars will deteriorate. Specifically, if two of detection areas are adjacent to each other of the radars overlaps with each other and the two of the radars transmits radio waves at the same time, the interfere of the radio waves will occur in the overlapping area. In view of this, the four radars are divided into two groups such that the detection areas of two radars within the group aren't adjacent to each other and transmission period of one of the groups and that of the other of the groups are repeated alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Koji Takeuchi, Takuya Kaminade, Yoji Honma
  • Patent number: 10985470
    Abstract: A slot array antenna including a smooth curved surface and planar feed structures which are respectively disposed at two ends of the smooth curved surface and are tangent to the smooth curved surface. The smooth curved surface includes at least two arcs mutually connected by smooth transition. The at least two arcs each includes an upper copper metal layer, a lower copper metal layer, and a dielectric substrate layer between the upper and lower copper metal layers. The upper copper metal layer includes radiating slots, and the adjacent radiating slots in a linear array have opposite offsets along the center line of the slot array antenna. The dielectric substrate layer includes metallic vias symmetrically arranged on both sides of the central line of the antenna to form a substrate integrated waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA
    Inventors: Yujian Cheng, Yafei Wu, Jinfan Zhang, Fan Zhao, Chunxu Bai, Yong Fan, Kaijun Song, Bo Zhang, Xianqi Lin, Yonghong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10986423
    Abstract: In some implementations, a network device is provided. The network device includes a housing and a set of switch cards, mounted within the housing. The set of switch cards includes a first set of connectors. The network device also includes a set of line cards having a second set of connectors. The set of line cards are oriented parallel to each other and oriented orthogonally to the set of switch cards. The second set of connectors is coupled to the first set of connectors to couple the set of switch cards to the set of line cards. The network device further includes a first set of power supplies disposed along a left side of the housing and a second set of power supplies disposed along a right side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Alex Rose, Daniel Kim, Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs
  • Patent number: 10921421
    Abstract: A radar module (100; 200) comprises a low temperature co-fired ceramic, LTCC, substrate (101; 201), with a radar chip (102; 202) attached to a first surface (101a; 201a) of the LTCC substrate (101; 201) and a transmitting antenna (105, 106) for transmitting the radar signal attached to a second surface (101b; 201b) of the LTCC substrate (101; 201). The radar chip (102; 202) is configured to generate a radar signal for transmission. The transmitting antenna (105, 106) is configured to communicate with the radar chip (102; 202) through the LTCC substrate (101; 201). The radar module (100; 200) further comprises a beam steering element (205) configured to introduce a phase delay to the radar signal in order to adjust a first component of a direction of transmission of the radar signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Arnaud Sion, Ralf Reuter, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Ernst Seler
  • Patent number: 10910709
    Abstract: Systems and methods relate to an electronically scanned antenna array. A beamforming circuit includes a first input, a first output, a second input, a second output and an antenna interface. The antenna interface is coupled to the electronically scanned antenna array. A first control circuit is coupled to the first input and the first output and is configured to provide first beamforming data to the beamforming circuit via the first input. A second control circuit is coupled to the second input and the second output and is configured to provide second beamforming data to the beam forming circuit via the second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian A. Hill, Thomas B. Campbell
  • Patent number: 10901083
    Abstract: A target search system includes: a signal processing unit that is input with a received signal including a reflected wave based on a pulsed transmission wave modulated in linear frequency modulation, calculates mutual correlation between the transmission wave and the received signal, and amplifies a power ratio of a signal component of a reflected wave from a target and another signal component at a predetermined process gain; a specifying unit by which a user specifies one value of a pulse length, a frequency change ratio, and a frequency amplitude of the transmission wave and the process gain; and a transmission wave determination unit that determines a remaining value of the transmission wave based on the specified one value of the pulse length, the frequency change ratio, and the frequency amplitude of the transmission wave and the specified process gain so as to satisfy a relational equation for the process gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisashi Shiba
  • Patent number: 10871457
    Abstract: In some examples, a radar device is configured to detect an object, where the radar device includes transceiver circuitry configured to transmit radar signals having a first polarization type towards the object, receive radar signals having the first polarization type reflected from the object, and receive radar signals having a second polarization type reflected from the object, the second polarization type being different than the first polarization type. The radar device also includes processing circuitry configured to determine a material category of the object based on the radar signals having the first polarization type reflected from the object and the radar signals having the second polarization type reflected from the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Vacanti, Marc M. Pos