Controlled Patents (Class 342/372)
  • Patent number: 10499139
    Abstract: Audio device systems and methods are provided to enhance speech pick-up from a user. The systems and methods receive signals from a plurality of microphones coupled to one or more earpieces. The signals are processed using a first array processing technique to enhance their acoustic response from a selected direction, such as a direction of the user's mouth, to provide a primary signal. The signals are also processed using a second array processing technique to enhance response from the selected direction, to provide a secondary signal. The primary signal and the secondary signal are compared, and a selected signal is provided based upon the primary signal, the secondary signal, and the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Alaganandan Ganeshkumar
  • Patent number: 10490891
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an antenna adjustment method, an antenna, and a base station control center, where the antenna includes: a detection unit, configured to detect a current orientation parameter of the antenna; an obtaining unit, configured to obtain remote electrical tilt data of multiple element arrays in the antenna that are corresponding to a target frequency band, where the remote electrical tilt data is determined according to a difference between a target orientation parameter of a beam of the multiple element arrays and the current orientation parameter; and an adjustment unit, configured to adjust an orientation of the beam of the multiple element arrays according to the remote electrical tilt data. According to the embodiments of the present application, multiple element arrays in the antenna that are corresponding to each frequency band can be separately adjusted, thereby improving antenna performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao Liu, Wei Luo, Meng Xu, Chaohui Yang
  • Patent number: 10484117
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dual channel polarization filter structures are disclosed. An example wireless communication system includes a first transceiver module of a wireless communication system configured to form one or more linearly polarized communication links with a second transceiver module of the wireless communication system, and a dual channel polarization filter structure positioned between the first and second transceiver modules and configured to filter the one or more linearly polarized communication links to produce corresponding one or more filtered linearly polarized communication links. The dual channel polarization filter structure includes first and second filter channels each formed from three structural layers including at least one metalized layer printed circuit board (PCB) disposed between the remaining two structural layers, and each filter channel includes an array of filter elements each comprising at least one metamaterial absorber arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rongrong Lu, Ron Zeng
  • Patent number: 10476168
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an antenna assembly including one or more array blocks having one or more corporate manifolds, each having an input port, a plurality of output ports, and a plurality of phase shifters, each of the phase shifters located at a respective one of the output ports. Array blocks can further include a plurality of serial manifolds each having an input port and a plurality of output ports, the input port coupled to a respective output port of one of the corporate manifolds; and plurality of antenna elements coupled to respective output port of one of the serial manifolds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: James A. Pruett, Jerry M. Grimm, Fred H. Clairmont, Robert P. Bernard
  • Patent number: 10442990
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal medium having a component A which is one or more compounds of the formula IA and corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and the preparation thereof. These liquid-crystal media, are used in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain the media. The components are suitable, in particular, for phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave region, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tunable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Jasper, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Patent number: 10447213
    Abstract: A phased array antenna system having a plurality of antenna elements arranged into an array is disclosed. Each of a plurality of amplifier circuitries has an output terminal coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of antenna elements and includes a power amplifier having a control terminal coupled to an input terminal. The power amplifier has a first current terminal coupled to the output terminal and a second current terminal coupled to a fixed voltage node. Further included in each of the plurality of amplifier circuitries is a current limiter having a bias terminal coupled to the control terminal of the power amplifier to adjust a bias point of the power amplifier to limit current flowing through the first current terminal and the second current terminal to within a predetermined current range. Some embodiments also include a voltage limiter to limit voltage amplitude at the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Wayne Hietala, Nadim Khlat, Michael F. Zybura
  • Patent number: 10444318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication assembly comprising a first terminal provided with a first communication module arranged to communicate with a plurality of beacons, each comprising a communication circuit to enable data to be sent and/or received with a particular periodicity Said assembly additionally comprises a second terminal having a second communication module, wherein said second terminal is arranged to scan its environment by means of said second communication module in order to detect the presence of beacons within range and to retrieve for each beacon detected the particular periodicity and a time offset corresponding to the period between a reference point and the start of the transmission of the message and send them to the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventor: Zoran Randjelovic
  • Patent number: 10444200
    Abstract: An image generation apparatus including a computation processing section that generates an ultrasonic image from a received signal associated with each scanning of an object in which an ultrasonic wave is transmitted and received is provided. The computation processing section sets, for each scanning, a selection range over which the received signal is received and which includes the direction of the scanning, calculates weights used in a beamforming process based on the received signals within the selection range, and carries out the beamforming process based on the weights to generate an image associated with the scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Masuda
  • Patent number: 10439771
    Abstract: When transmitting signals from a plurality of base stations (broadcasting stations), the base stations include at least a first base station having a first antenna with a first polarization and a second base station having a second antenna with a second polarization that is different from the first polarization. Then, when the first base station transmits a signal from the first antenna having the first polarization, the second base station transmits the same signal as the first antenna of the first base station from a second antenna having the second polarization, at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 10403978
    Abstract: A multiband radiating array according to the present invention includes a vertical column of lower band dipole elements and a vertical column of higher band dipole elements. The lower band dipole elements operate at a lower operational frequency band, and the lower band dipole elements have dipole arms that combine to be about one half of a wavelength of the lower operational frequency band midpoint frequency. The higher band dipole elements operate at a higher frequency band, and the higher band dipole elements have dipole arms that combine to be about three quarters of a wavelength of the higher operational frequency band midpoint frequency. The higher band radiating elements are supported above a reflector by higher band feed boards. A combination of the higher band feed boards and higher band dipole arms do not resonate in the lower operational frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Martin Lee Zimmerman, Peter J. Bisiules
  • Patent number: 10404183
    Abstract: A power unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a power module which is configured by a power conversion switching element, the power module having a first side having gate pins connected to a board, and a second side to which main busbars are connected; cooling modules which are disposed on both surfaces of the power module, respectively; capacitor modules which are disposed on outer surfaces of the cooling modules, respectively, and have capacitors that are electrically connected to the main busbars through connecting busbars, respectively; a coolant supply pipe which is connected to one end portion of each of the cooling modules to supply a coolant to the cooling module; and a coolant discharge pipe which is connected to another end portion of each of the cooling modules to discharge a coolant discharged from the cooling module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyongjoon Park, Minji Kim
  • Patent number: 10396950
    Abstract: When transmitting signals from a plurality of base stations (broadcasting stations), the base stations include at least a first base station having a first antenna with a first polarization and a second base station having a second antenna with a second polarization that is different from the first polarization. Then, when the first base station transmits a signal from the first antenna having the first polarization, the second base station transmits the same signal as the first antenna of the first base station from a second antenna having the second polarization, at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 10389427
    Abstract: An access point (1) for use in a point to multipoint wireless network comprises a sector antenna (8) and an antenna array of antenna elements (7), the antenna elements not including the sector antenna, and the antenna elements being arranged to receive signals from the same sector as the sector antenna. A first beamformer (10) is configurable to form a first beam (11) from signals received at the antenna array and a selector switch (5) is switchable to at least a first state in which signals received at the sector antenna (8) are connected to a first receiver (2), and a second state in which signals received from the first beamformer (10) are connected to the first receiver (2). A scheduler is configured to set the selector switch (5) to the first state for at least a first receive timeslot and to the second state for at least a second receive timeslot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: CAMBIUM NETWORKS LTD
    Inventors: Peter Strong, Paul Clark, Martin Crowle
  • Patent number: 10389420
    Abstract: An antenna switching system is provided. The system includes a radio frequency (RF) circuit for transceiving signals, N antennas, a master switch, N switches, and N power dividers. The signals may be transmitted by one of the N antennas, or the signals are transmitted by the antennas of the N antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Huang, Yung-Jinn Chen, Tsung-Tsung Huang, Yu-Meng Yen
  • Patent number: 10383108
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data interference cancellation method, a transmit end, a receive end, and a system. The method includes allocating, by a transmit end, a corresponding downlink transmission resource to each transmission group, where at least one transmission group includes at least two transmit antennas and separately sending, by the transmit end, downlink data on the downlink transmission resource corresponding to each transmission group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teyan Chen, Sheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10361764
    Abstract: A method for acquiring an indication of a preferred beam of a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method is performed in a network node of a cellular communication network. The network node is adapted to support a plurality of beams of a signal beamforming scheme and to communicate with the wireless communication device using at least one beam of the plurality of beams. The method comprises acquiring a beam power setting of the plurality of beams. The beam power setting comprises a power offset being applied to at least one beam of the plurality of beams, the power offset being relative to a nominal power setting of the plurality of beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Andreas Nilsson, Henrik Asplund, Fredrik Athley, Niklas Jaldén
  • Patent number: 10361733
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a low complexity transmitter structure for active antenna arrays by reducing the number of digital predistortion extraction loops that need to be performed. Digital predistortion (DPD) corrects any non-linearities in a power amplifier. By determining which power amplifiers have similar characteristics in an array, and thus may use similar predistortion coefficients, once the DPD coefficients are determine for one of the grouped power amplifiers, DPD can be performed on each of the grouped power amplifiers based on the DPD coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: SaiRamesh Nammi
  • Patent number: 10333578
    Abstract: A device includes a switching unit including N input ports and M output ports, wherein N?M?2. The switching unit is configured to selectively interconnect each of the M output ports with a different one of the N input ports. The device further includes M attenuators, wherein each of the M attenuators is electrically coupled to a different one of the M output ports of the switching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Valentyn Solomko, Hans-Peter Friedrich, Michael Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 10327249
    Abstract: A network node is connected to a plurality of antenna nodes that are located along a constrained path where a plurality of wireless communication devices are located. The antenna nodes are controlled to maintain reception radio lobes substantially along the path such that the wireless communication devices can perform uplink radio communication with the network node via the reception radio lobes. At least one radio frequency, RF, signal is detected and a determination is made that the detected at least one RF signal originates from a respective wireless communication device of a specific subset among said plurality of wireless communication devices. The specific subset comprises wireless communication devices that are associated with a common radio frequency offset. An allocation of a common uplink radio communication resource is then made for all wireless communication devices in the specific subset of wireless communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
    Inventors: Joakim Axmon, Magnus Larsson, Torgny Palenius
  • Patent number: 10320242
    Abstract: An RF signal generator wirelessly transferring power to a wireless device includes, in part, a multitude of generating elements generating a multitude of RF signals transmitted by a multitude of antennas, a wireless signal receiver, and a control unit controlling the phases and/or amplitudes of the RF signals in accordance with a signal received by the receiver. The signal received by the receiver includes, in part, information representative of the amount of RF power the first wireless device receives. The RF signal generator further includes, in part, a detector detecting an RF signal caused by scattering or reflection of the RF signal transmitted by the antennas. The control unit further controls the phase and/or amplitude of the RF signals in accordance with the signal detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seyed Ali Hajimiri, Florian Bohn, Behrooz Abiri
  • Patent number: 10312995
    Abstract: A spacecraft includes a payload subsystem including a plurality of transmit antenna feeds, a digital channelizer, and a power amplification arrangement including a plurality of power amplifiers. The power amplification arrangement has at least one input communicatively coupled with an output of the digital channelizer and at least one output communicatively coupled with at least one of the plurality of transmit antenna feeds. A processor is configured to control the digital channelizer, and to adjust a saturated output power of at least one power amplifier of the plurality of power amplifiers in the power amplification arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Edward Goettle, Jr., Chris Hoeber, William Stiles, Douglas G. Burr, Kathy Shockey
  • Patent number: 10305176
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body providing structural support and defining a fuselage perimeter and including a plurality of bands, a plurality of antennas integrated into the plurality of bands, and a transceiver operatively connected to each of the plurality of antennas. The transceiver is configured to power selected sub-sets of the plurality of antennas to generate a directional antenna beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: University of North Dakota, NDSU Research Foundation
    Inventors: Raj Bridgelall, Michael Corcoran
  • Patent number: 10292165
    Abstract: A network node is connected to a plurality of antenna nodes that are located along a constrained path where a plurality of wireless communication devices are located. The antenna nodes are controlled to maintain reception radio lobes substantially along the path such that the wireless communication devices can perform uplink radio communication with the network node via the reception radio lobes. At least one radio frequency, RF, signal is detected and a determination is made that the detected at least one RF signal originates from a respective wireless communication device of a specific subset among said plurality of wireless communication devices. The specific subset comprises wireless communication devices that are associated with a common radio frequency offset. An allocation of a common uplink radio communication resource is then made for all wireless communication devices in the specific subset of wireless communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
    Inventors: Joakim Axmon, Magnus Larsson, Torgny Palenius
  • Patent number: 10281572
    Abstract: An illustrative example object detection system includes a plurality of first transmitters that respectively transmit a first signal at a first time, a plurality of second transmitters that respectively transmit a second signal at a second time, a plurality of receivers that receive the signals, and a processor that is configured to determine whether a transmission timing phase shift exists between the received first signals and the received second signals based on a relationship between matrices including the received signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Branka Jokanovic, Lei Lei
  • Patent number: 10283834
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and apparatuses for beamforming signals or compute beamformed signals. The present approach is to determine a series of beams from or for a set of devices configured for receiving signals from and/or transmitting signals to one or more regions of interest in an n-dimensional space, with n=2 or 3. Each of the devices has a known position pi within said n-dimensional space. Signals are to be respectively transmitted or received non-uniformly in this space, i.e., according to the particular regions of interest. During a first phase, operations are performed in order to successively obtain a spatial filter function {circumflex over (?)}(r), a beamforming function ?(p), and beamforming weights ?(pi). The spatial filter function {circumflex over (?)}(r) matches projections of the regions of interest onto an n?1-dimensional sphere centered on said set of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni Cherubini, Paul Hurley, Matthieu Simeoni
  • Patent number: 10277269
    Abstract: A system for phased array signal beam tracking includes a phased array transmitter configurable for transmitting a signal beam at a selected transmit beam angle from a plurality of different transmit beam angles. The system also includes a beam gain angle coding assembly configured for modulation of a gain of the signal beam to produce a resulting gain profile of the signal beam. The resulting gain profile includes offset angle coding that indicates an offset incident angle of the signal beam at a receiving antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Gary A Ray
  • Patent number: 10267909
    Abstract: A system includes: a planar antenna array that includes a plurality of right-hand circularly polarized (RHCP) antennas and left-hand circularly polarized (LHCP) antennas in a planar surface or in layers, in which each antenna element includes a spiral plate; a feed network connecting a signal to each of the antennas; and amplifiers dispersed in the feed network configured to provide spatial power combining and beam forming of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventor: Farrokh Mohamadi
  • Patent number: 10270555
    Abstract: A beamforming device for a phased array antenna, comprising: a laser light source (2) arranged to provide an optical spectrum comprising a plurality of spaced wavelengths, and a distribution unit (4) configured to distribute one or more of the plurality of spaced wavelengths onto a plurality of optical paths (6). A wavelength selection device (8) configured to receive the plurality of spaced wavelengths on each of the plurality of optical paths. One or more phase shift unit (12) connected to a said wavelength selection device, wherein the phase shift unit is configured to introduce a phase shift to a received wavelength. The wavelength selection device on each optical path is configured to selectively transmit a wavelength to the phase shift unit. The wavelength selection device is configured to receive the said phase shifted wavelength from the phase shift unit (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Fabio Cavaliere, Antonio D'Errico, Marzio Puleri
  • Patent number: 10263329
    Abstract: Embodiments for providing dynamic azimuth scanning are generally described herein. In some embodiments, weather survey measurements are performed to estimate environmental losses as a function of azimuth angles. Gain improvements are determined based on the amount of energy increase used at different azimuth angles derived from the azimuth loss survey measurements. A gain profile is generated based on the determined gain improvements. An azimuth offset profile is derived using the gain profile to define azimuth angles where progressive scan back is used in the area of environmental losses to provide additional power and to define azimuth angles where progressive scan forward is used in regions of low loss. Dynamic electronic azimuth beam steering provides a near-constant average target detection range as a function of azimuth in the presence of non-uniform loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Patrick J. Powers, Paul J. Lanzkron
  • Patent number: 10256877
    Abstract: The apparatus may be an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus for wireless communication may include a processing system. The processing system may manage an antenna beam. The processing system may be configured to monitor a parameter of a signal and widen the antenna beam of the apparatus for wireless communication when the parameter falls below a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sandeep Rao, Defang Chen, Shan Qing
  • Patent number: 10243640
    Abstract: Provided is a phased array transmission device including: a plurality of transmission branches, each being provided with a phase shift unit that applies a phase rotation to a baseband signal, a DC offset correction unit that adds a first correction value to an output signal of the phase shift unit, and a mixer that subjects an output signal of the DC offset correction unit to a frequency conversion to a high frequency band; and a correction control unit that calculates a second correction value with which a carrier leak component included in an output signal of the mixer is minimized, for each of a plurality of candidates for a phase rotation amount that is set for the phase rotation, and determines the first correction value on the basis of the second correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Miyanaga, Yukio Okazaki
  • Patent number: 10237698
    Abstract: Position tracking systems and methods for tracking a physical location of a radio frequency (RF) transmitter include an RF transmitter transmitting an RF signal from a plurality of known locations. At least four RF receiver antennae are disposed at unknown locations within range of the RF transmitter to receive the RF signals transmitted from the plurality of known locations. A receiver station in communication with the at least four RF receiver antennae initially calibrates a relative position of each RF receiver antenna with respect to the other RF receiver antennae based on the plurality of known locations and on information acquired in response to the RF signals received at the at least four RF receiver antennae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: POSITION IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Guohua Min, Edward L. Hill
  • Patent number: 10236589
    Abstract: An antenna architecture comprises a hybrid beamformer comprising on the one hand, Ny stacked quasi-optical beamformers, each quasi-optical beamformer comprising a parallel-plate waveguide furnished with a linear radiating aperture and integrating a lens and internal horns furnished with beam access ports, each quasi-optical beamformer forming beams in two, transmission and reception, frequency bands, in a first direction in space, and on the other hand, at least one electronic beamformer comprising a combining device linked to Nx phase and amplitude control chains, each phase and amplitude control chain being connected to a respective beam access port of each quasi-optical beamformer, the electronic beamformer forming beams in a second direction in space, orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventor: Hervé Legay
  • Patent number: 10236839
    Abstract: Spatially combining signals may include receiving a number of RF input signals at a number of RF input connectors. At least one of the RF input signals is a variable envelope signal. A variable envelope signal is converted into two or more outphased constant envelope signals. The two or more outphased constant envelope signals are amplified. The amplified outphased constant envelope signals are radiated. At a spatial combiner aperture, the radiated amplified outphased constant envelope signals are combined to create a combined signal. The combined signal is output onto an output RF connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: L3 Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Johnny M. Harris, Kyle D. Holzer, Janez Jeraj
  • Patent number: 10218056
    Abstract: There is provided an excellent wireless communication device that can suitably perform short range communication by using a millimeter wave. Described are a method of generating a whirl of waves and its characteristic of attenuation proportional to a fourth power of a distance when the waves are in a state L=0 or L=±2. Accordingly, instead of an electric field induction antenna that cannot be used in the millimeter wave band, an initiator and a responder are both equipped with an array antenna generating the whirl of waves to perform communication by using the whirl of waves in the state characteristically attenuating in proportion to the fourth power of the distance, so that the party at the other end approaching can easily be detected while at the same time properly restricting a communication area and preventing improper connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sachio Iida
  • Patent number: 10212715
    Abstract: Radio network node and method therein, for channel estimation of a channel used for wireless signal communication with a UE. The radio network node comprises a multiple antenna array configured for beamforming, spatial multiplexing and MIMO transmission. The radio network node also comprises a receiver, configured for receiving a first pilot signal from the UE, and a wireless signal from an interferer; and also configured for receiving a second pilot signal from the UE at a determined AoA, filtered by a receiver pre-filter; and a processor configured for spatial analyzing the received signals; and selecting the UE pilot signals; and configured for determining AoA for the selected pilot signals; and furthermore configured for designing a receiver pre-filter, for isolating signals from the AoA; and also further configured for estimating the channel, based on the received second pilot signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Björn Sihlbom
  • Patent number: 10211528
    Abstract: A fully-programmable digital-to-impulse radiator with a programmable delay is discussed herein. The impulse radiator may be part of an array of impulse radiators. Each individual element of the array may be equipped with an integrated programmable delay that can shift the timing of a digital trigger. The digital trigger may be fed to an amplifier, switch, and impulse matching circuitry, whereas the data signal path may be provided from a separate path. An antenna coupled to the impulse matching circuitry may then radiate ultra-short impulses. The radiating array may provide the ability to control delay at each individual element, perform near-ideal spatial combing, and/or beam steering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mohammad Mahdi Assefzadeh, Aydin Babakhani
  • Patent number: 10205235
    Abstract: The invention relates to a node in a wireless communication system, where the node comprises at least one antenna arrangement. Each antenna arrangement comprises a first, second, third and fourth antenna device positioned one after the other. Each antenna device comprises at least a corresponding first antenna port connected to a first polarization of the corresponding antenna device, the first antenna device and the second antenna device forming a first antenna device pair, and the third antenna device and the fourth antenna device forming a second antenna device pair. For each antenna device pair, the first antenna ports are at least indirectly connected to at least one respective controllable power divider/combiner having a respective common port. Each controllable power divider/combiner is arranged to adjust and/or set a corresponding power relation between the first antenna ports of the corresponding antenna device pair for power received and/or transmitted at its common port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Fredrik Athley, Martin Johansson, Andreas Nilsson
  • Patent number: 10206123
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication control system including a control apparatus that controls driving of one or more driving devices in accordance with a plurality of predetermined driving patterns, a first radio having a directional antenna, and a second radio. Target driving directivity information corresponding to a target driving pattern acquired by an acquisition unit is selected from among pieces of driving directivity information relating to a directivity applied to the directional antenna in a state in which driving of the one or more driving devices is controlled by the control apparatus in accordance with the plurality of driving patterns, the selected target driving directivity information is applied to the directional antenna of the first radio, and wireless communication between the first radio and the second radio is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Daichi Ueki, Keisuke Saito
  • Patent number: 10200880
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a beam adjustment method, user equipment, and a base station to resolve a problem of overlapping coverage, inter-beam interference. The method includes: sending, by a base station, beam information by using multiple beams, where the beam information includes a beam identifier and channel detection information that correspond to a beam; receiving the detection feedback information sent by the at least one user equipment; obtaining identifiers of Z beams carried in the detection feedback information, where Z is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and determining, in the Z beams, Z1 beams that need to be adjusted, where Z1 is a positive integer less than or equal to Z; and adjusting, for at least one time, Z1 antenna bays corresponding to the Z1 beams. The embodiments of the present invention are applied to beam adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rong Wen, Jia He, Kunpeng Liu
  • Patent number: 10194346
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for exploiting inter-cell interference to achieve multiplexing gain in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”). For example, a MU-MAS of one embodiment comprises a wireless cellular network with multiple distributed antennas operating cooperatively to eliminate inter-cell interference and increase network capacity exploiting inter-cell multiplexing gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: REARDEN, LLC
    Inventors: Antonio Forenza, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Patent number: 10177464
    Abstract: Antenna systems and methods providing dual polarization are provided. The system includes one or more antenna elements, with each antenna element having feed points on adjacent sides. A first of the feed points is associated with a first one of a transmitted or received signal, while a second one of the feed points is associated with a second one of a transmitted or received signal. The sides of the rectangular driven element can feature different lengths, to provide transmit and receive bands that are separated from one another in frequency. A polarizer is disposed between the antenna elements and free space. Linearly polarized signals from the antenna elements are transformed into circularly polarized signals by the polarizer. Circularly polarized signals received at the antenna system are transformed into linearly polarized signals before they are passed to the antenna elements. An antenna system as disclosed herein can include a plurality of antenna elements arranged in an array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: Peter J Moosbrugger, Andrew M. Shroyer
  • Patent number: 10154133
    Abstract: Responsive to concurrently recording on a plurality of recorders a telephonic interaction constructing a plurality of playlists, and according to faults identified while recording the plurality of playlists evaluating a quantitative quality score for each playlist in the plurality of playlists and presenting the playlists in a prioritized order according to the scores thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: NICE-SYSTEMS LTD
    Inventors: Efim Kolodizner, Roni Krivoshey, Tal Haguel, Oren Feld
  • Patent number: 10142000
    Abstract: A sub-array number determinator is provided to determine a number of sub-arrays to be allocated to each of user terminals detected by a terminal position detector on a basis of relation between positions of the user terminals and a position of an antenna apparatus. An antenna selector selects sub-arrays for the number determined by the sub-array number determinator from among the sub-arrays and allocates the selected sub-arrays for the determined number to each of the user terminals. This structure is capable of preventing interference among beams for user terminals and providing excellent communication quality to the user terminals even in condition where the user terminals are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunari Kihira, Makoto Matsuki, Hikaru Watanabe, Hiroki Iura, Masataka Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10141657
    Abstract: A radar transmitter transmits a radar signal through a transmitting array antenna at a predetermined transmission period, and a radar receiver receives a reflected wave signal which is the radar signal reflected by a target through a receiving array antenna. A transmitting array antenna and a receiving array antenna each include multiple subarray elements, the subarray elements in the transmitting array antenna and the receiving array antenna are linearly arranged in a first direction, each subarray element includes multiple antenna elements, the subarray element has a dimension larger than a predetermined antenna element spacing in the first direction, and an absolute value of a difference between a subarray element spacing of the transmitting array antenna and a subarray element spacing of the receiving array antenna is equal to the predetermined antenna element spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Kishigami, Naoya Yosoku
  • Patent number: 10135483
    Abstract: A transmit/receive module includes an integrated control circuit. The integrated control circuit includes an RFIC input terminal, multiple pairs of I/O terminals, a power splitter/combiner having an input connected to the RFIC input terminal, a plurality of phase shifters connected between outputs of the power splitter/combiner and the I/O terminals, and a power sensor connected to each one of the I/O terminals. The integrated control circuit further includes a plurality of transmit/receive integrated circuits that each include a TX input terminal, an RX output terminal, an antenna interface terminal, a power amplifier connected, a low noise, and a switch connected between the power amplifier, the low noise amplifier and the antenna interface terminal. Gate and drain terminals of a final stage of each power amplifier of the transmit/receive integrated circuits are independently connected to and controllable by the integrated control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Alexandros Margomenos
  • Patent number: 10111110
    Abstract: A first microwave backhaul transceiver may comprise a plurality of antenna elements. The transceiver may determine atmospheric conditions between it and one or more potential link partners, and adjust a radiation pattern of the plurality of antenna elements based on the determined atmospheric conditions. A first radiation pattern of the plurality of antenna elements may correspond to a first microwave backhaul link between the first microwave transceiver and a second microwave backhaul transceiver. A second radiation pattern of the plurality of antenna elements may correspond to a second microwave backhaul link between the first microwave transceiver and a third microwave backhaul transceiver. The transceiver may adjust the radiation pattern based on characteristics of data to be transmitted, and based on a routing table it maintains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Maxlinear, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis Ling
  • Patent number: 10089887
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for locating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A region of airspace may be scanned with two scanning apparatuses. Each scanning apparatus may include one or more directional Radio Frequency (RF) antennae. The two scanning apparatuses may have different locations. Radio frequency signals emitted by a UAV can be received at each of the two scanning apparatuses. The received radio frequency signals can be processed to determine a first location of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Inventor: Timothy Just
  • Patent number: 10074901
    Abstract: A beam steering optical phased array (OPA) may include an optical signal distributor including a plurality of output terminals configured to divide and output input optical signals and phase shifters arranged at the plurality of output terminals and configured to receive the divided optical signals and shift phases thereof to generate phase-shifted optical signals. The beam steering OPA may include antennas configured to receive the phase-shifted optical signals and an optical signal interferometer. The optical signal interferometer may include first input waveguide regions connected to a limited selection of the antennas and extending in a first direction, a multi-mode waveguide region connected to the first input waveguide regions, and a first output waveguide region connected to the multi-mode waveguide region and extending in the first direction. The beam OPA may enable errors due to process dispersion to be effectively corrected, and thus, the beam steering OPA may have enhanced reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-il Byun, Dong-jae Shin
  • Patent number: 10069215
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-beam antenna system, comprising: a one-dimensional multi-beam forming module connected to a radio frequency port, configured to convert a radio frequency signal transmitted by the radio frequency port into M radio frequency signals having different phases; a two-dimensional multi-beam forming module, which includes M first power division units, and a phase shifter is disposed on P output tributaries of each first power division unit; and M×N radiating elements, where the M×N radiating elements form a matrix having N rows and M columns, M columns of radiating elements are respectively connected to the M first power division units, N radiating elements in each column of radiating elements are respectively connected to N output tributaries of one first power division unit, and M×P radiating elements connected to output tributaries disposed with a phase shifter form a matrix having P rows and M columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiang Wang, Jianping Zhao