Controlled Patents (Class 342/372)
  • Patent number: 12101720
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for power saving schemes in wireless communication are described. A wireless communication method is provided to comprise monitoring, by a user device, power saving indications transmitted from a network device during corresponding monitoring occasions predefined or configured by a higher layer parameter, the power saving indications including a first typed power saving indication or a second typed power saving indication; and performing a next action based on a predefined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Qiujin Guo, Mengzhu Chen, Hao Wu, Jun Xu, Xiaoying Ma
  • Patent number: 12101916
    Abstract: An electronic power converter to control at least one electric motor of a vehicle and having at least one group of power modules, each designed to power with an alternating current one single phase of the electric motor; two lateral plates, which are arranged on opposite sides of the group so as to form a pile; a hydraulic circuit, which is configured to cause a cooling liquid to circulate inside the plates; and a clamping system, which applies a clamping force to the pile in order to keep the pile compressed and has elastic elements, which are deformed in order to apply a compression force of elastic origin to the pile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Faverzani, Ugo Sitta, Giovanni Lo Calzo, Christian Montebello, Alessandro Di Blasio
  • Patent number: 12092735
    Abstract: Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. An ultrasound imaging system, comprising an array of acoustic elements configured to transmit ultrasound energy into an anatomy in accordance with a first preset acquisition setting, and to receive ultrasound echoes associated with the anatomy; and a processor circuit in communication with the array of acoustic elements and configured to receive, from the array, ultrasound channel data corresponding to the received ultrasound echoes; generate a first set of beamformed data by applying a predictive network to the ultrasound channel data, wherein the first set of beamformed data is associated with a second preset acquisition setting different than the first preset acquisition setting; generate an image of the anatomy from the first set of beamformed data; and output, to a display in communication with the processor circuit, the image of the anatomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Faik Can Meral, Shyam Bharat, Grzegorz Andrzej Toporek, Carolina Amador Carrascal, Claudia Errico
  • Patent number: 12072434
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a beam steering vehicle radar for object identification. The beam steering radar includes a beam steering receive antenna having a plurality of antenna elements to receive radar return signals, a LNA circuit having a plurality of LNAs, each LNA coupled to each element in the beam steering receive antenna to apply a gain to the return signals to generate amplified return signals, wherein gains of LNAs coupled to center antenna elements are higher than gains of LNAs coupled to edge antenna elements, and a phase shifter circuit to apply a plurality of phase shifts to the amplified return signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: BDCM A2 LLC
    Inventor: Soren Shams
  • Patent number: 12074373
    Abstract: A phased array antenna system is provided, including a feed structure and at least one phased array antenna element, wherein the at least one phased array antenna element includes a first impedance transformation unit, an MEMS phase-shifting multi-unit and an antenna. The first impedance transformation unit is connected to a feed structure, and the MEMS phase-shifting multi-unit is connected between the first impedance transformation unit and the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qianhong Wu, Jingwen Guo, Chunxin Li, Jia Fang, Feng Qu
  • Patent number: 12066565
    Abstract: A radar system includes a first radar chip having one or more receiving channels and a second radar chip having one or more receiving channels, wherein the receiving channels of the first and second radar chips each have an RF input port and are configured to provide, based on an RF input signal received at the RF input port, a corresponding digital baseband signal that is characterizable by at least one signal parameter. The radar system further includes a power divider configured to forward an RF signal to both a first receiving channel integrated in the first radar chip and to a second receiving channel integrated in the second radar chip. A processor is configured to determine information indicating a deviation between the signal parameter of the digital baseband signal of the first receiving channel and the corresponding signal parameter of the digital baseband signal of the second receiving channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Stefan Helmut Schmalzl
  • Patent number: 12061251
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radar device includes a first and second radar units. The first radar unit includes a first substrate, and first transmit and receive array antennas. The second radar unit includes a second substrate, and second transmit and receive array antennas. A shape of the first substrate corresponds to a shape of the second substrate. A relative position of the first transmit or receive array antenna in the first substrate corresponds to a relative position of the second transmit or receive array antenna in the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tsujimura, Hiroki Mori
  • Patent number: 12061257
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are computer-implemented medical ultrasound imaging methods, and systems for performing the methods, that comprise forming a first frame of an ultrasound image sequence with high image quality; forming at least one frame of the ultrasound image sequence with reduced image quality; forming a second frame of the ultrasound image sequence with high image quality; and improving the quality of the at least one frame of the ultrasound image sequence with reduced image quality using the first and/or the second frames of the ultrasound image sequence with high quality. In some cases, the improvement of the quality of the at least one frame of the ultrasound image sequence with reduced image quality is achieved by application of machine learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Exo Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Miles Wernick, Sandeep Akkaraju, Drake Guenther, Kutay Ustuner, Yusuf Haque
  • Patent number: 12055620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining the position of objects in two-dimensional space having a first dimension and a second dimension, the direction vector of which is orthogonal to the direction vector of the first dimension, containing at least one transmitter (I) having at least one transmitting antenna (3) and an imaging receiver circuit (2) having at least one receiving antenna array (Rx Array) with rows (6) of receiving antennas for scanning the first dimension by means of digital beam shaping, wherein the receiving antenna array has a linear array, a sparse array or an array with an enlarged aperture, and wherein the rows (6) of receiving antennas in the receiving antenna array of the receiver circuit (2) are linearly arranged in the first dimension according to a curve function or according to the contour of a two-dimensional geometric object and are spread out in the second dimension, and to a method using the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: CRUISE MUNICH GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Giere, Johanna Guetlein-Holzer, Sebastian Mann
  • Patent number: 12047313
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to wireless communication. A user equipment may receive information indicating whether a reference signal is associated with a full-duplex operation; receive the reference signal; and transmit feedback based at least in part on the reference signal and the information indicating whether the reference signal is associated with the full duplex operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Kiran Venugopal, Qian Zhang, Navid Abedini, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 12046830
    Abstract: An antenna device and a feed device that allows a beam direction to be adjusted with a simple calculation are provided. An antenna device includes an array antenna with multiple antenna elements that are arranged in two dimensions, multiple antenna elements being arranged along each of a first axis and a second axis. The antenna device includes at least one phase adjusting unit configured to adjust, with respect to a first axial direction, a phase of power supplied to each of the multiple antenna elements. The antenna device includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image through a fisheye lens. The antenna device includes a position converting unit configured to convert a first position, which is used in the image capturing unit, of a marker included in the image captured by the image capturing unit, into a second position of polar coordinates on a first plane that includes the first axis and the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventor: Masaaki Fujii
  • Patent number: 12034211
    Abstract: An array antenna is formed from delay lines, and includes radiating elements which are individually connected to line patterns of the delay lines. Such an array antenna structure can be implemented by printed circuit technology and can be used to establish radio links for data communication between a mobile carrier, such as an aircraft, and a geostationary satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AÉROSPATIALES
    Inventors: Juan Duran, Cédric Martel, Gaëtan Prigent, Olivier Pascal
  • Patent number: 12027760
    Abstract: An antenna system of a satellite may consist of an antenna receiver that is coupled to a plurality of flexible couplings. The couplings may each be affixed to one or more antenna elements. The couplings may be deployed in space in an uncontrolled manner. Additionally, the spacing between the couplings, and in turn the antenna elements, may be spaced in an uncontrolled manner. The antenna elements may have no pointing requirements. The antenna system may receive training signals and associate an antenna element to a time of arrival based on the training signal. Upon receiving a data signal, the antenna system may apply coefficients determined from the association of the antenna element to the time of arrival to the data signal to discover wanted signal coherence among the antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Viasat, Inc.
    Inventors: Parker A. Robinson, David J. Trusheim, Michael T. Kretsch, Jonathan D. Maier
  • Patent number: 12009890
    Abstract: A communications system for hybrid beamforming is provided. The communications system includes a base station encoding data into a plurality of streams, each transmitted through a radio frequency chain. The communication system further includes a beamforming codebook including a set of beamforming codewords. The communications system also includes a beamformer transmitting a given one of the plurality of streams through multiple antennas by adjusting a phase and a gain of symbols of the given one of the plurality of streams for each of the multiple antennas by using a corresponding beamforming coefficient of a given beamforming codeword chosen from the beamforming codebook. A beam and its corresponding beamforming codeword is designed such that the mean squared error between the beam pattern generated with the given beamforming codeword and a given beam pattern is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammad Khojastepour, Nariman Torkzaban
  • Patent number: 12008912
    Abstract: Broadcasting geolocation information of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from the UAV by determining current geolocation of the UAV by communicating with a geolocation service and utilizing the geolocation service to geolocate the UAV. Then the UAV prepares a radio frame that includes geolocation information identifying the current geolocation of the UAV and other information associated with the UAV using a radio protocol of one of a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) radio protocol, a WiFi radio protocol, a wireless personal area network protocol and a low-power wide-area network protocol and transmits the radio frame to broadcast the current geolocation of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Heikki Mahkonen, Ravi Manghirmalani, Attila Takacs
  • Patent number: 12009874
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for handling an impaired antenna branch at a radio transceiver device. The radio transceiver device includes a plurality of antenna branches. Channel information is correlated among the respective antenna branches according to a correlation relation. A method is performed by a network node. The method includes obtaining an indication that at least one of the antenna branches at the radio transceiver device is impaired. The method includes, in response thereto obtaining channel information for each of the non-impaired antenna branches at the radio transceiver device. The method includes estimating channel information for each of the at least one impaired antenna branch using the obtained channel information and the correlation relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Chonghao Yang, Mingshi Li
  • Patent number: 11988736
    Abstract: A system for virtual aperture array radar tracking includes a transmitter that transmits first and second probe signals; a receiver array including a first plurality of radar elements positioned along a first radar axis; and a signal processor that calculates a target range from first and second reflected probe signals, corresponds signal instances of the first reflected probe signal to physical receiver elements of the radar array, corresponds signal instances of the second reflected probe signal to virtual elements of the radar array, calculates a first target angle between a first reference vector and a first projected target vector from the first reflected probe signal, and calculates a position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range and first target angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Oculli Corp.
    Inventors: Lang Hong, Steven Hong
  • Patent number: 11990541
    Abstract: Apparatus and circuits with dual polarization transistors and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one example, a semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; an active layer that is formed over the substrate and comprises a first active portion having a first thickness and a second active portion having a second thickness; a first transistor comprising a first source region, a first drain region, and a first gate structure formed over the first active portion and between the first source region and the first drain region; and a second transistor comprising a second source region, a second drain region, and a second gate structure formed over the second active portion and between the second source region and the second drain region, wherein the first thickness is different from the second thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chan-Hong Chern
  • Patent number: 11984962
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a network node, a polarization performance loss indication that is indicative of a loss in polarization performance based on transitioning from a first operating state associated with a first frequency range to a second operating state associated with a second frequency range, wherein the first operating state corresponds to a first antenna configuration and the second operating state corresponds to a second antenna configuration, wherein the first antenna configuration corresponds to a first antenna orientation and the second antenna configuration corresponds to a second antenna orientation. The UE may receive, from the network node, configuration information indicative of at least one communication parameter associated with the at least one antenna array and based on the polarization performance loss indication. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Mohammad Ali Tassoudji, Yu-Chin Ou, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11982760
    Abstract: A MIMO radar sensor includes: an antenna arrangement including first and second arrays, in each of which a respective plurality of antennas are offset relative to one another in a first direction, the first and second arrays being offset from each other in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, the antennas of the first and second arrays being more strongly focused in the second direction than in the first direction in each case, and, in each of at least one of the first and second antenna arrays, at least two of the antennas of the respective array being offset from one another in the second direction and the antennas of the respective array being symmetrically arranged relative to an axis running in the second direction; a high frequency element; and a control and evaluation device for evaluating output from the high frequency element regarding the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Arthur Hipke, Benedikt Loesch
  • Patent number: 11979188
    Abstract: Apparatus for providing communication between ground-based User Equipment (UE) and at least one core network and a method for providing wireless communication between ground-based User Equipment (UE) and at least one core network are disclosed. The apparatus for providing communication between ground-based User Equipment (UE) and at least one core network comprises a plurality of low earth orbit satellites each comprising at least one satellite-based optical transmitter element and at least one satellite-based optical receiver element for providing at least one optical communication link; and at least one aerial vehicle comprising at least one aerial vehicle based optical transmitter element and at least one aerial vehicle based optical receiver element for providing at least one optical communication link and at least one directional antenna for providing a wireless communication link to a ground-based station and/or mobile UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Stratospheric Platforms Ltd., Surrey Satellite Technology Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Faulkner, Richard Holdaway, Liam R. Sills
  • Patent number: 11978966
    Abstract: A new way of beamforming in a phased array through use of a compression algorithm. The compression algorithm provides a beamforming technique that requires less memory, computes beams faster, and can be done without losing information as compared to prior art beamforming methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SRC, Inc.
    Inventor: Lance M. Bradstreet
  • Patent number: 11967835
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus according to the present invention includes a power supply antenna, a directivity control unit, a position information acquisition unit, and a control unit. The power supply antenna emits, to a plurality of power reception apparatuses, a radio wave that is based on a power supply signal. The directivity control unit controls directivity of the power supply antenna. The position information acquisition unit acquires position information indicating a position of a moving obstruction. The control unit determines, based on the position information, a power reception apparatus, among the plurality of power reception apparatuses, to which power is supplied while avoiding the obstruction. The control unit controls the directivity control unit to steer the radio wave toward the determined power reception apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manh Tai Nguyen, Kentaro Hamana, Akito Murai, Yoshiki Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11967773
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for adjusting a power capability of a system is described. In an example, a system can include an antenna array and a beamformer connected to the antenna array. The beamformer can include a communication channel. The system can further include a first power converter that can be configured to convert a supply voltage to a first regulated voltage. The first power converter can apply the first regulated voltage to the beamformer. The system can further include a second power converter that can be configured to convert the supply voltage to a second regulated voltage different from the first regulated voltage. The second power converter can apply the second regulated voltage to a power amplifier in the communication channel to adjust a maximum power capability of the power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventor: Calogero Presti
  • Patent number: 11958372
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electric vehicle charger that may include power electronics, one or more controllers, and one or more cable/connector plugs. The disclosed bi-charger may operate bi-directionally. Power components may be arranged in a charger enclosure in a configuration providing the optimum air flow over a heat sink(s) that will allow the most heat to be moved out of the charger enclosure with the least effort. The disclosed charger may use a combination of forced and natural convection to effectively cool the system. Power stages may be mounted in the enclosure and a control tray may be mounted above the power stages. The disclosed charger may use a three-power stage architecture. The disclosed charger also uses a configuration and method of mounting and positioning the power components within the enclosure that results in a smaller and more power dense piece of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Fermata Energy LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Skutt, Brian Maddox, Mike Barron
  • Patent number: 11963016
    Abstract: A node may identify a node configuration including one or more surface phase configurations associated with the node. In one configuration, the node may receive, from the base station, an indication of the node configuration. In another configuration, the node may select, at a controller associated with the node, the node configuration. The one or more surface phase configurations may be based on a wavelength corresponding to a center of a BWP associated with the one or more wireless signals or a wavelength corresponding to a center of a resource allocation associated with the one or more wireless signals. The node may forward, from a base station to a UE, or from the UE to the base station, one or more wireless signals. The forwarded one or more wireless signals may be associated with a beam squint less than a first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mehmet Izzet Gurelli, Qiang Wu, Junyi Li, Raju Hormis, Tao Luo, Navid Abedini, Ozge Koymen, Farideddin Fayazbakhsh
  • Patent number: 11962054
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a phase shifter and an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Li, Tienlun Ting, Ying Wang, Jie Wu, Haocheng Jia, Cuiwei Tang, Qiangqiang Li, Chuncheng Che
  • Patent number: 11929798
    Abstract: A receiver system for correlating one or more signals (beam patterns) is disclosed. One or more antenna elements are configured to receive the signals. A controller generates correlator outputs based on a first set of duplicated signals, generates a first set of beams based on the one or more correlator outputs using a first beamforming module, generates a second set of beams based on a second set of duplicated signals using a second beamforming module, generates one or more power estimates based on the second set of beams, and divides each of the first set of beams by a corresponding power estimate to generate one or more normalized correlations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos J. Chavez, Sasha Oster
  • Patent number: 11923612
    Abstract: An antenna comprises a substantially circular ground plane with an upper surface and a defined center. A plurality of radiating elements are placed radially on the upper surface, arranged at constant angles around the defined center to, when electrically excited, create a plurality of circularly polarized electromagnetic emissions. Each radiating element of the plurality of radiating elements is in electrical communication with an electromagnetic source via an electrically conductive feed, the electromagnetic source configured, when in use, to create a radial excitation current on the radiating element, and further configured, when in use, to provide phase and amplitude control of the excited current on the radiating element for both beam forming and 360 degree beam steering by superposing omnidirectional circularly polarized electromagnetic emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sharif University of Technology
    Inventors: Fatemeh Akbar, Behzad Yektakhah
  • Patent number: 11923618
    Abstract: A phased-array antenna system includes: an array of discrete antenna modules disposed conformally with an exterior surface of a platform; a digital distribution system comprising a digital communications medium to convey digital signals to and/or from respective input/output ports of the antenna modules; and a controller system to supply and/or receive the digital signals to/from the antenna modules via the digital distribution system. The controller system controls relative phases of the digital signals to enable the antenna elements to form a directive antenna beam pattern. Each antenna module includes: an antenna element to emit and/or absorb RF signals; an input/output port to send and/or receive digital signals; an electronics unit including an A/D and/or D/A converter to provide an interface between the antenna element and the input/output port; and a housing in which the antenna element and electronics unit are packaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Peter B. Houser, Yianni Tzanidis, Scott R. Burnside
  • Patent number: 11916302
    Abstract: A test and measurement system includes a test and measurement device having input channels, a reference array of antennas connected to the input channels, one or more processors in the test and measurement device configured to execute code to cause the one or more processors to receive a first signal from a phased array of antennas connected to a device under test directed at a first side of the reference array, receive a second signal from the phased array of antennas connected to the device under test directed at a second side of the reference array, without moving the device under test, the phased array, or the reference array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Dalebroux, Amr Haj-Omar
  • Patent number: 11916305
    Abstract: A method generates a dynamic tracking beam from an N-element receiving phased array antenna with a digital-beam-forming (DBF) network, N being an integer greater than 100, by performing digital beam forming to capture a desired signal from a moving source via the N-element phased array, including digitally multiplying received signals in the N-elements by a tracking beam beam weight vector (BWV) for the tracking beam, wherein the tracking beam BMV comprises N I/Q components; reading M pre-stored spot beam BWVs for M contiguous spot beams from a memory; determining a new tracking beam BWV for the tracking beam in a next update, wherein the new tracking beam BWV is a weighted sum of the M pre-stored spot beam BWVs of the M contiguous spot beams; and loading the new tracking beam BWV to a buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LinQuest Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Chang, Stuart Bockman
  • Patent number: 11916622
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for beamforming (BF) training are disclosed. In some examples, a receiver is configured to receive sector sweep (SSW) training frames from an initiator device that each indicate an antenna sector of the initiator device. A transmitter is configured to transmit sector sweep (SSW) training frames to the initiator device that indicate a best received antenna sector of the initiator device. The receiver receives a sector sweep feedback (SSW FB) frame from the initiator device, and the transmitter transmits transmit a sector sweep acknowledgement (SSW ACK) frame to the initiator device that indicates an antenna sector of the initiator device that is different from the antenna sector indicated by the SSW FB frame, if the SSW FB frame was best received by an antenna not corresponding to the best received antenna sector of the initiator device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Hanqing Lou, Li-Hsiang Sun, Oghenekome Oteri, Xiaofei Wang, Rui Yang
  • Patent number: 11909117
    Abstract: A modular radio frequency (RF) device includes N base units, each including a differential segmented array (DSA) tile with a support board and a two-dimensional (2D) array of electrically conductive tapered projections disposed on the support board. Neighboring pairs of the electrically conductive tapered projections form RF pixels. The N DSA tiles are arranged to form an RF aperture. The N base units are programmed to switch the RF aperture between a first operating mode and a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, the N base units are operated as at least two independent subsets with each subset operating as an RF transmitter or receiver independently of the other subsets. In the second operating mode all N base units coherently combine as a single phased array RF transmitter or receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Douglas A. Thornton, Kevin P. Crawford, Daniel A. Perkins, Raphael J. Welsh, Curtis A. Cutright
  • Patent number: 11909116
    Abstract: An antenna array includes one or more antenna tiles which are arranged on an antenna plane. Each of the one or more antenna tiles includes one or more antenna units that are arranged together to form the respective antenna tile having a hexagonal shape and each antenna unit comprises an antenna circuit chip. In some embodiments, each antenna unit has a pentagonal shape and the antenna tile has a hexagonal shape formed by tessellating the one or more antenna units with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CAES SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Jason Simon, Michael Scott Pors, Bryan Kathol
  • Patent number: 11888580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system for receiving electromagnetic radiation (EMR) signals from a plurality of sources or directions. A communication system comprises a transmission section surrounding an antenna section. The transmission section can be made of concentric layers of lens elements, mirror elements, or refraction medium. The layers allow incoming EMR to be directed to the antenna section through reflection or refraction. The antenna section can be made of a plurality of antenna elements such that each antenna element detects incoming EMR signals from different angles of origin even when the signals are received simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Ryan A Bell
  • Patent number: 11881623
    Abstract: A wireless device with a slot antenna includes one or more heat spreaders, a PCB with vias to allow current to flow through the PCB, various components disposed on the PCB, and a slot antenna compliment. By layering the components, e.g., heat spreaders, PCB, slot antenna compliment, etc. one or more slot antennas are formed from these components as to integrate the slot antennas into the existing structure. The formed slot antenna is a spiraled shape as to reduce the overall footprint of the slot antenna while keeping the required quarter-wavelength total effective length of an open-slot antenna. The formed slot antenna is wide enough to allow the antenna to accommodate a wide bandwidth and may include a plurality of steps to further allow for tuning of the length of the slot antenna. The wireless device can further include a housing enclosing the internal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Miroslav Samardzija, Arthur Tung, Ming-Tsung Su, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo
  • Patent number: 11881626
    Abstract: A radar system with antenna modules that have first and second planar slotted waveguide antenna arrays for radiating and receiving electromagnetic waves. A rotation system supports and rotates the antenna modules around a vertical axis. The modules are arranged back-to-back on opposite sides of a plane intersecting the vertical axis of rotation. Another radar system includes planar slotted waveguide antenna arrays with longitudinal extending waveguide columns. The front side of the columns holding the cavity slots of the first planar antenna array are positioned in a first plane and the front side of the columns holding the cavity slots of the second planar antenna array are positioned in a second plane parallel to the first plane. The arrays may be positioned at a distance to each other in a direction to the first and second planes. The parallel planes may be offset with a minimum perpendicular array distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ROBIN RADAR FACILITIES BV
    Inventors: Siete Hamminga, Rob Van Der Meer
  • Patent number: 11876303
    Abstract: A multichip system includes a plurality of processor chips each having one or more cores and a plurality of antenna module for establishing interchip wireless communication. Each antenna module is disposed on a chip. At least one antenna module includes an antenna element array and a Butler matrix. The antenna element array includes n circular patch antenna elements for 360° end-fire scanning, where n is equal to 4 or a multiple thereof. The Butler matrix has n/4 submatrices. Each submatrix include two input 90° hybrids each having two outputs and two inputs for selectively receiving signals from a transceiver. The Butler matrix also includes two output 90° hybrids each having two outputs and two inputs. The two inputs of each output 90° hybrid are coupled to an output of different ones of the input 90° hybrids. Each output of the output 90° hybrids are coupled to a different antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
    Inventors: Prabhat Baniya, Kathleen L. Melde
  • Patent number: 11870202
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate. For example, a processing chamber can include a power source, an amplifier connected to the power source, comprising at least one of a gallium nitride (GaN) transistor or a gallium arsenide (GaAs) transistor, and configured to amplify a power level of an input signal received from the power source to heat a substrate in a process volume, and a cooling plate configured to receive a coolant to cool the amplifier during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Putti, Vinodh Ramachandran, Ananthkrishna Jupudi, Lean Wui Koh, Prashant Agarwal
  • Patent number: 11870162
    Abstract: An antenna system including an array of conductors connected to a feed line, wherein the array is configured to (1) emit electromagnetic radiation in response to an input signal being input to the array through the feed line or (2) output an output signal to the feed line in response to electromagnetic radiation being received on the array; and a director disposed in front of the array, wherein the director has a first reactive load having a complex impedance that is tailored to increase a directivity of the antenna system by reactively loading the conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Grant E. Davis, Matthew G. Rivett
  • Patent number: 11862865
    Abstract: A target detection device is provided, which includes a transmission array and a signal generator. The transmission array includes a plurality of transmission elements configured to convert an electric signal into a transmission wave. The signal generator generates first and second sets of electric signals, each set being generated with different phase settings. The signal generator groups the transmission elements according to grouping configurations including first and second grouping configurations. In the first grouping configuration, the plurality of transmission elements are grouped into a plurality of groups each having p transmission elements, and, in the second grouping configuration, the plurality of transmission elements are grouped into a plurality of groups each having q transmission elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Tanimura, Yasunobu Asada
  • Patent number: 11843170
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antenna having a plurality of radiators disposed in a ring or arc around a Luneburg lens. Each of the radiators (e.g., flared-notch radiators) has a center radiating axis that intersects with the center of the Luneburg lens. Each of the radiators radiate into the Luneburg lens such that the Luneburg lens substantially planarizes the beam emitted by each radiator (on transmit) and focuses an incoming wavefront into the radiator (on receiver). This not only enables having numerous well-controlled individual beams, it also allows for combining radiators to create well-defined sector beams with minimal sidelobes and fast rolloff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC
    Inventor: Lance Bamford
  • Patent number: 11831795
    Abstract: A wireless transceiving device including a main body and at least one camera lens is provided. The camera lens is detachably connected to a connection part on the main body. The camera lens includes a barrel part, a first lens, a phase matching structure, a data storage device, and an electrical connection terminal. The data storage device is configured to store specification information. When the camera lens is connected to the connection part, a wireless transmitter is coupled to the data storage device through the electrical connection terminal and reads the specification information in the data storage device. The wireless transmitter controls a plurality of transmitting phases and a plurality of transmitting powers of a plurality of transmitted wave beams according to the specification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yih Wu, Ta-Chun Pu, Yen-Liang Kuo
  • Patent number: 11822004
    Abstract: A radar, flying device including such a radar, processing method in a radar embedded in a flying device and associated computer program are disclosed. In one aspect, the radar includes a transceiver antenna including a plurality of radiating elements configured to transmit and receive an electromagnetic wave. The radar includes an antenna gain control unit, by activating/inhibiting radiating elements, in transmission and/or reception configured to keep the reception level of an electromagnetic wave below a determined threshold below the saturation zone of the antenna, as well as by activating/inhibiting radiating elements in reception, configured to compensate the amplitude variation of the ground/sea clutter, over the duration of the reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Thierry Mazeau, Christian Renard, Eric Gagnepain
  • Patent number: 11824274
    Abstract: Phase shifters for communication systems are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a phase shifter includes a plurality of phase shifting sections and a plurality of selection switches each coupled to a corresponding one of the phase shifting sections. The selection switches are formed on a semiconductor die, and are operable to connect one or more selected phase shifting sections between an input terminal and an output terminal, thereby controlling an overall phase shift provided by the phase shifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: William J. Domino
  • Patent number: 11824270
    Abstract: An antenna comprises a substantially circular ground plane with an upper surface and a defined center. A plurality of radiating elements are placed radially on the upper surface, arranged at constant angles around the defined center to, when electrically excited, create a plurality of circularly polarized electromagnetic emissions. Each radiating element of the plurality of radiating elements is in electrical communication with an electromagnetic source via an electrically conductive feed, the electromagnetic source configured, when in use, to create a radial excitation current on the radiating element, and further configured, when in use, to provide phase and amplitude control of the excited current on the radiating element for both beam forming and 360 degree beam steering by superposing omnidirectional circularly polarized electromagnetic emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Fatemeh Akbar, Behzad Yektakhah
  • Patent number: 11812392
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus outputs first and second beams, based on a weighting vector representing gain and/or phase weighting. The apparatus derives a weighting vector corresponding to a maximum eigen value of a matrix obtained by subtracting, from a first matrix representing a main lobe output power of the first beam, a matrix obtained by multiplying a second matrix representing a side lobe output power of the first beam to a reduction ratio for reducing the side lobe output power of the first beam interfering with a main lobe of the second beam. The apparatus determines whether or not a power ratio of the main lobe output power of the first beam with respect to the side lobe output power of the first beam is greater than a maximum SIRmax, and extracts the weighting vector when the power ratio is not larger than the maximum SIRmax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masahiko Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11811461
    Abstract: A calibration method for a phased array of antennas, wherein the phased array of antennas comprises N antenna elements, the N antenna elements are decomposed into G sub-arrays, each of the G sub-arrays comprises M antenna elements, and the calibration method comprises: (a) inputting a set of digital control codes to RF devices in order to produce field signals corresponding to an operation order r to the G sub-arrays' radiations; (b) measuring the observation field signals of the G sub-arrays corresponding to the operation order r in a fixed position to produce a DFT relationship with respect to the RF devices' operations; and (c) repeating operations (a) to (b) corresponding to the operation order r from 1 to G for generating error-calibrating signals corresponding to the signals of the G sub-arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Hsi-Tseng Chou, Jake Waldvogel Liu
  • Patent number: 11800549
    Abstract: A channel resource allocation method includes establishing, by a first network device, at least two links between the first network device and a second network device, where each link supports beamforming data transmission; obtaining, by the first network device, a millimeter-wave radio channel resource between the first network device and the second network device; dividing the radio channel resource into a plurality of slots, where each slot is used for data transmission on one link, and two adjacent slots correspond to two different links; and transmitting, by the first network device, data on a corresponding link in the plurality of slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Xu, Yan Zeng