Sum Of Each Antenna Signal Patents (Class 342/383)
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Patent number: 8779979Abstract: Described herein is a multi-antenna signal receiving device that includes a plurality of reception antennas that is capable of maximizing a diversity gain while eliminating a multi-path interference (MPI). The device receives a first received signal of a first antenna that includes components corresponding to a plurality of first paths and the device receives a second received signal of a second antenna that includes components corresponding to a plurality of second paths. The multi-antenna signal receiving device detects a component corresponding to a first path among the plurality of first paths, and a component corresponding to a second path among the plurality of second paths.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tetsuhiko Miyatani
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Patent number: 8773307Abstract: A novel wide null forming system achieves both wide bandwidth and beam width null through employing an antenna array to receive and transmit signals to which a complex null weight vector, calculated by perturbation program, is applied. The novel wide null forming system includes a multiple-element antenna array for receiving or transmitting signals. Multiple conditioning units matching the number of elements is present to condition the signals for proper reception and analysis, after which a series of complex multiplier processors adds complex weights. After being weighted each constituent beam is combined in an adding processor to form one composite beam for use by the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Spatial Digital Systems, Inc.Inventors: Donald C. D. Chang, Yulan Sun, Yuanchang Liu
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Patent number: 8774196Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an active antenna array for a mobile communications network. The active antenna comprises a base band unit coupled to a base station, a plurality of transceiver units and at least one link. The plurality of transceiver units is terminated by at least one antenna element. The at least one link couples individual ones of the plurality of transceiver units to the base band unit 10. The at least one link is a digital link and is adapted to relay an individual transmit signal concurrently and in synchronisation with a transmit clock signal. The present disclosure further teaches a method for relaying radio signals in a mobile communications network. The present disclosure further relates to a computer program enabling a computer to manufacture the active antenna array of the present disclosure and to execute the method of relaying radio signal in a mobile communications system.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Kathrein-Werke KGInventors: Georg Schmidt, Johannes Schlee
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Patent number: 8755367Abstract: A reception system including a receiver of superheterodyne type coupled to a processing means, the receiver including N antennas. Said receiver includes: N translation means, each being able to frequency translate signals delivered by the antenna considered, from a frequency sub-band of the span of interest to a restricted frequency band, and to frequency multiplex the signals belonging to said frequency sub-band; N first intermediate frequency bandpass filters, of bandwidth equal to said restricted frequency band, respectively coupled at the output of each translation means, and able to filter the translated and multiplexed signals; a coupling means able to sum the N filtered signals so as to deliver the set of summed signals via N outputs.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: ThalesInventors: Daniel Jahan, Cedric Cornu
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Patent number: 8643543Abstract: A phased array antenna system with intermodulation beam nulling device includes nulling phase shifters.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: The Aerospace CorporationInventors: James P. McKay, David A. Ksienski
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Patent number: 8614644Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for systems and methods for adaptively canceling interfering signals generated by a transmission antenna. Under one aspect, a system includes: an auxiliary antenna co-located with the main antenna, the auxiliary antenna configured to transmit an auxiliary signal to the victim antenna; a sensing antenna located on a line-of-sight path between the transmission antenna and the victim antenna, the sensing antenna configured to receive a composite of the interference and the auxiliary signal, and to output a first signal based on the received composite; a controller comprising an input coupled to the sensing antenna and configured to receive the first signal, the controller being configured to adjust at least one of an amplitude, a phase, a polarization, and a frequency characteristic of the auxiliary signal based on the first signal so as to reduce the composite of the interference and the auxiliary signal received by the sensing antenna.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: The Aerospace CorporationInventors: Robert B. Dybdal, Keith M. SooHoo, Samuel J. Curry
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Patent number: 8599861Abstract: The present disclosure teaches an active antenna array for a mobile communications network. The active antenna array comprises a base band unit, a plurality of transceiver units terminated by at least one antenna element; and at least one link. The link couples the individual ones of the plurality of transceiver units to the base band unit. The link is a digital link and is adapted to relay a payload signal at a selectable payload rate. The digital link is further adapted to relay a timing signal at a fixed timing rate, when the timing signal is embedded in the payload at a selectable payload rate. The present disclosure further teaches a method for relaying radio signals and a computer program for manufacturing the active antenna array and for executing the method.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: KATHREIN-Werke KGInventors: Georg Schmidt, Johannes Schlee
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Patent number: 8582694Abstract: The present invention provides a high-performance adaptive digital receiver with adaptive background control that optimizes the performance in rapidly changing signal environments and provides 3.6 GH; instantaneous bandwidth, SFDR>90 dB, SNR=66 dB, with dynamic digital channelization. The receiver takes advantage of several levels of adaptivity that conventional approaches do not offer. In addition to a dynamic digital channelizer that is adaptively tuned based on detected signals, the present invention employs a powerful software reconfigurable digitizer that is adaptively optimized for the current signal environment to control important receiver parameters such as bandwidth, dynamic range, resolution, and sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Inventors: Scott R. Velazquez, Rich J. Velazquez
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Patent number: 8508410Abstract: Adaptive antenna beamforming may involve a maximum signal-to-noise ratio beamforming method, a correlation matrix based beamforming method, or a maximum ray beamforming method. The adaptive antenna beamforming may be used in a millimeter-wave wireless personal area network in one embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Alexander Maltsev, Roman Maslennikov, Alexey Khoryaev
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Patent number: 8446318Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for controlling a beamforming antenna with reconfigurable parasitic elements is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Inventors: Shirook Ali, James Warden
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Patent number: 8401133Abstract: A multi-antenna system using adaptive beamforming includes a phase shift unit, a signal combination unit, a frequency down-converter, and an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, and a beamforming control unit. The phase shift unit includes a plurality of phase shifters which shift the phases of signals received from a plurality of antennas. The signal combination unit combines phase-shifted signals output from the plurality of phase shifters. The frequency down-converter down-converts a signal output from the signal combination unit into a baseband signal. The A/D converter converts the baseband signal into a digital signal. The beamforming control unit searches for a weight vector higher than a preset threshold signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) when a reception SNR of the digital signal output from the A/D converter is lower than the threshold SNR, and changes a currently set weight vector into the searched weight vector to provide to the phase shift unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chul Gyun Park, Young Chai Ko, Kyung Tae Jo, Joun Sup Park
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Patent number: 8289901Abstract: Techniques are provided to determine channel assignments for wireless access point (AP) devices in a wireless local area network (WLAN). From each of a plurality of AP devices operating at least one of a plurality of channels in the WLAN, wireless activity data is received that represents activity in each channel associated with signals of devices operating in the WLAN and associated with signals and energy from devices that are not operating in the WLAN as detected by the AP devices by receiving radio frequency energy in each of the plurality of channels.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Predrag Tosic, Sandeep Jay Shetty, Douglas Chan
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Patent number: 8254988Abstract: A first device transmits a training signal with a fixed beam pattern, a second device receives the training signal while scanning a beam direction, and then it obtains first AWVs each having a main beam or sub-beam beam direction in an incoming direction in the second device. Next, the first device transmits a training signal while scanning a beam direction, the second device receives the training signal with a fixed beam pattern, and then it obtains second AWVs each having a main beam or sub-beam direction in an emitting direction in the first communication device. The roles of these two devices are interchanged and similar processes are performed in order to obtain third and fourth AWVs, and then one of first AWV combinations from first and second AWVs and one of second AWV combinations from third and fourth AWVs are used for wireless communication between these devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Kenichi Hosoya, Kenichi Maruhashi, Naoyuki Orihashi
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Patent number: 8243706Abstract: An approach is provided for supporting transmission in a multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) communication system including a plurality of terminals. A preamble portion of a frame is transmitted by a multiple transmit antennas of a hub using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) to the terminals over a channel, wherein each of the terminals determines a characteristic of the channel with respect to the transmit antennas as feedback information. The hub receives the feedback information from the terminals. The hub selects, according to the feedback information, a subset of the antennas for transmission of a remaining portion of the frame to the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Jian Song, Khalid Karimullah
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Patent number: 8224271Abstract: An electronic device (200,300) comprising an antenna arrangement with first and second antenna groups with first (122, 142) and a second (124, 144) radiation elements. The first and second radiation elements in each group have first and second respective polarizations and gain, and said groups also comprise a beam forming network (126, 146) connected to the radiation elements of the group and to an output selector (150). The beam forming network (126, 146) of each antenna group uses the radiation elements (122, 124; 142, 144) in the group to create a radiation pattern (127, 147) with a polarization which is a composite of the first and second polarizations of the elements in the group, so that a first (127) and a second (147) radiation pattern of composite polarization is created. The output selector (150) selects or combines signals received by the two antenna groups as its output.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Patrik Persson, Martin Nils Johansson, Anders Stjernman, Sven Anders Gösta Derneryd, Jonas Fridén
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Publication number: 20120176272Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a system with which 3-dimensional position can be accurately measured. Plural UWB transmitter-receivers (1), periodically transmitting PN codes of M system and preliminarily disposed on known positions are provided, a server (3) to synchronize the plural UWB transmitter-receivers (1) is provided, an RF tag (T), attached to a moving object (20) as to receive signals (I0) synchronously and periodically transmitted from the UWB transmitter-receivers (1) and reflect the signals (I0) adding inherent tag recognition signal, is provided, and the UWB transmitter-receiver (1) is composed as to obtain the distance to the moving object (20) attached with the RF tag (T) by synchronous summation and correlative calculation of the PN codes of M system reflected by the RF tag (T).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Seiichiro Hirata, Nobuo Nakajima, Shogo Ida, Harumasa Hojo
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Patent number: 8126504Abstract: A method of controlling a wireless communication system including a plurality of communication devices is disclosed. In the method, firstly, one of the communication devices establishes a fixed beam pattern and transmits a training signal, and another communication device receives the training signal while scanning a beam direction by changing the AWVs of an antenna array. Next, it obtains a data string describing a relation between an incoming direction and a received-signal characteristic at the other communication device based on a reception result of the training signal. Then, it obtains first AWVs with which a beam is formed in a plurality of incoming directions of the received signal based on the data string. The roles of these two communication devices are interchanged and similar processes are performed in order to obtain second AWVs, and then one of AWV combinations combining first and second AWVs are used for wireless communication between these communication devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Kenichi Hosoya, Kenichi Maruhashi, Naoyuki Orihashi
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Patent number: 8115678Abstract: According to one embodiment, generating an array correlation matrix includes interfacing with an antenna system that has antenna elements. The antenna elements receive incoming signals, and each antenna generates a response signal in response to receiving the signals. The following is performed for a number of iterations to yield summed signals: controlling weights of the antenna elements to weight the response signals; and receiving a summed signal comprising a sum of the weighted signals. An array correlation matrix is generated from the summed signals.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventor: Carlos R. Costas
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Patent number: 8111191Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method to control an antenna pattern of a wideband array antenna wherein a wideband array antenna unit comprising the wideband array antenna and transforming means is accomplished. Embodiments of the invention further include the corresponding wideband array antenna unit and transforming means arranged to control an antenna pattern of an antenna system. The separation between antenna elements in the wideband array antenna can be increased to above one half wavelength of a maximum frequency within a system bandwidth when the array antenna is arranged to operate with an instantaneously wideband waveform.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Saab ABInventor: Kent Falk
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Patent number: 8106827Abstract: An adaptive array control device is described. The adaptive array control device includes a first array processing section and a second array processing section in which phase responses are almost opposite with respect to a target signal and a signal incoming from another direction. The adaptive array control device further includes a control signal generation section, and a control section. The control signal generation section calculates a control signal using output signals of the first array processing section and the second array processing section. The control section controls speed and accuracy of parameter adjustment in adaptive array processing using the control signal. An adaptive array controlling method, and a computer readable recording medium storing an adaptive array controlling program are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Akihiko Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8013792Abstract: Method and apparatus for minimizing antenna backside signal response and ambiguity in low frequency applications, particularly low frequency synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Various time delay elements are selectably switched into the signal path so as to cause a null to be placed in the antenna response pattern in the direction of undesired radar returns. The means for selectably switching may be dithered so as to introduce modulation onto the undesired radar return to aid in the discrimination and removal of the undesired radar return from the SAR image during post processing.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: Daniel McCarthy, Dean Paschen, Lary Eichel, Frank Pratt
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Patent number: 7970073Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving data in a multi-user multi-antenna communication system. A data transmitting apparatus and method computes a RX filter or a TX filter for each user receiver in an improved scheme, selects a codebook correlating with the computed TX filter or the computed RX filter, and transmits an index of the selected TX filter codebook or an index of the selected RX filter codebook to a receiver. A data receiving apparatus and method receives the codebook index and detects a corresponding RX filter from the codebook by using the received codebook index.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Chan-Byoung Chae, David Mazzarese, Sung-Ryul Yun
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Patent number: 7912507Abstract: A base transceiver station (BTS) identifies the number of currently connected antenna units by receiving a signal to which 1 is added in each antenna unit via a signal line (16) connecting the antenna units (AU1 to AUn) in series. The target output power of each antenna unit, which is obtained by dividing the total target output power of the antenna units by the number of currently connected antenna units, is passed to each antenna unit via a signal line (14) connecting the antenna units in series. Each antenna unit controls the gain of a variable gain amplifier so that its output power becomes equal to the target output power.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Takahito Hashigami, Toshiaki Funakubo
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Patent number: 7859461Abstract: A method for detecting a plurality of navigation beacon signals by using either two antennas or a synthetic aperture antenna for receiving a plurality of distinct measurements, and combining the plurality of distinct measurements using a plurality of antenna weight components to form an interference cancellation beam. In one embodiment, the plurality of antenna weight components is determined by eigenvalue processing. In another embodiment, the plurality of antenna weight components is determined by simplified processing. In another aspect, a single antenna is used for receiving an originally received measurement. A copy of the originally received measurement is made and processed to achieve the proper time delay to emulate spatial diversity. The originally received measurement and the processed copy are combined to form an interference cancellation beam.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Michael James Wengler, Ahmad Jalali
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Patent number: 7825857Abstract: An adaptive antenna array control system and associated method is provided for continuously and automatically assigning resources to either protect against strong interferers or to shade a spatial region, reducing gain in that spatial region, to protect against potential low power interference, thus providing improved adaptive interference cancellation system performance with limited resources. The Array biasing system is provided as an element of an adaptive antenna array control loop.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2009Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Raymond J. Lackey, Martin E. Somin, Sondra Somin, legal representative
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Patent number: 7800539Abstract: A wide-angle null-fill antenna with no null in the depression angle range, an omni antenna using the same, and radio communication equipment. A null-fill antenna comprises a first antenna array including antenna elements arranged with a prescribed point as the center, and a second antenna array having amplitude characteristics substantially equal to those of the antenna elements forming the first antenna array. The first antenna array is excited so that the excitation amplitude distribution is to have symmetry with respect to the prescribed point, while the excitation phase distribution is to have point symmetry with respect to the prescribed point. The phase center of the first antenna array is substantially coincident with that of the second antenna array.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Norihiko Oomuro
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Patent number: 7786948Abstract: An array antenna with an embedded subaperture includes an array of radiator elements. The array includes a subaperture of one or a group of the radiator elements. A main receive channel is coupled to at least some of the radiator elements by a feed network. An RF power dividing network is connected in a signal path between the subaperture and the special use receive channel, and is adapted to allow at least most of the RF energy from the subaperture to pass to the special use receiver channel while diverting a small amount of energy to the main receive channel. The array includes circuitry for introducing an amplitude taper to signals received from the array of radiator elements, so that some of the signals from the radiator elements are attenuated to achieve the amplitude taper.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Kenneth M. Webb, Timothy D. Keesey
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Patent number: 7629927Abstract: A method for forming a beam in an array antenna to orient a null point of the array antenna to a mobile station which acts as interference, includes the step of: forming a beam in such a manner that, based on a moving speed of the mobile station acting as interference, a moving direction and a distance between the array antenna and the mobile station, a signal power to interference power ratio may be equal, regardless of the distance, between before and after movement when the mobile station acting as interference moves.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2004Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Eizou Ishizu, Makoto Yoshida
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Patent number: 7565172Abstract: An adaptive antenna receiver whose follow-up performance is improved with respect to the angle change of the arrival direction of a desired signal. An antenna weight adaptive update section (11-1) adaptively updates the antenna weight according to a signals received by each antenna element and an error signal obtained from a desired signal corrected based on transmission channel estimation. An antenna weight direction constraint section (12-1) performs the constraint process for the antenna weight obtained by the antenna weight adaptive update section (11-1) to maintain the beam gain constant in the arrival direction of the desired signal. A beamformer (2-1) receives the desired signal through an array antenna using the antenna weight which has undergone the constraint process performed by the antenna weight direction constraint section (12-1).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2004Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Shousei Yoshida
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Patent number: 7557752Abstract: There is provided a communication method including: generating a channel estimated value for each antenna by performing channel estimation using a received signal by each antenna; calculating reception weights by which subcarriers assigned the received signal of each antenna are to be multiplied using a set of the channel estimated values; calculating a reception weight time profile for each antenna by converting the reception weights calculated for each antenna to data on a time domain; generating a transmission weight time profile for each antenna by extracting a certain section of each reception weight time profile; calculating transmission weights by which subcarriers assigned a transmission signal for each antenna are to be multiplied by converting each transmission weight time profile to data on a frequency domain; and multiplying subcarriers assigned the transmission signal for each antenna by the transmission weights of each antenna and transmit multiplied subcarriers through each antenna.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2007Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Koichiro Ban
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Patent number: 7492749Abstract: An approach is provided for supporting transmission in a multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) communication system including a plurality of terminals. A preamble portion of a frame is transmitted by a multiple transmit antennas of a hub using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) to the terminals over a channel, wherein each of the terminals determines a characteristic of the channel with respect to the transmit antennas as feedback information. The hub receives the feedback information from the terminals. The hub selects, according to the feedback information, a subset of the antennas for transmission of a remaining portion of the frame to the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Jian Song, Khalid Karimullah
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Patent number: 7477192Abstract: In a direction finding system, pluralities of signals provided by different sets of less than all of a plurality of arrayed antennas are code division multiplexed, downconverted by a single receiver, A/D converted and separated to derive signals that are processed to estimate the directions of arrival of the signals received by the different sets of antennas at different frequencies. The signals from different antennas are coded with different codes that have a common M-sequence and different phases for the different antennas. The derived signals are processed to detect the presence of signals and simultaneously demodulate and estimate the directions of arrival of signals by the antennas at the different frequencies. The different sets of antennas from which the received signals are provided for coding and multiplexing are selectively varied in accordance with the estimated directions of arrival and estimated magnitudes.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2007Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: L-3 Communications Titan CorporationInventors: Andrew Haff, Nicholas Cianos, Scott Ensign Marks
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Patent number: 7463193Abstract: A compact system can use modular components to enhance the isolation or quality of signals that an antenna array produces. The system can comprise an array of input coupler modules and an array of output coupler modules respectively on the input and output sides of a signal routing device. Each input coupler module can receive a signal from a specific element in the antenna array and can divide or split that received signal into a multiple signal components, such as seven. The signal routing device can route each of those signal components to a different output coupler module in the array of output coupler modules. Thus, each output coupler module can receive and combine multiple signal components, such as seven, from different input coupler modules. The signal routing device can include a readily manufacturable phase trimming section to compensate for phase mismatches.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: EMS Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Theresa Brunasso, John Daniel Voss, David Elton Finch, Wyman Williams, Christopher Lee Burton, John L. Beafore
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Publication number: 20080278374Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for dynamically selecting antenna array architecture, deciding a basic antenna array, determining a number of required array elements, selecting determined number of array elements from all the array elements in the basic antenna array to form an antenna array architecture and receiving and detecting signals with the current antenna array architecture, the method further including: determining whether transmission time intervals and/or slot positions of received signals change, if so, re-selecting the determined number of array elements from all the array elements in the basic antenna array to form a new antenna array architecture and receiving and detecting signals with the new antenna array architecture, otherwise, continuing to determine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2006Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventors: Tiezhu Xu, Feng Li, Shaoli Kang
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Patent number: 7450068Abstract: A system and method for using a phased array antenna to concurrently receive an RF signal transmitted by a remote transmitter, to determine the angular location of the remote transmitter using the transmitted signal, and to use that angular location to direct a transmit antenna to transmit information in the direction of the transmitter is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Ming Chen, Mark A. Curry, Kenneth G. Voyce
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Patent number: 7432857Abstract: An adaptive antenna apparatus is provided with a total of four or more, even number N of antennas including a plurality of pairs of antennas each having a bidirectional characteristic. The N antennas are provided respectively at vertexes of a polygon of the same number as the number N of the antennas, so that each pair of antennas of the plurality of pairs of antennas opposes to each other. An adaptive control circuit takes an adaptive control over radio signals using one pair of antennas opposing to each other among the N antennas. In the adaptive antenna apparatus, the each pair of antennas is provided to oppose to each other so that axes of directions of main beams of the directional characteristics of the each pair of antennas substantially coincide with each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2004Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Koichi Ogawa, Hirotaka Ishihara
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Patent number: 7423588Abstract: The present antenna system includes a phased array antenna system comprising a limiting circuit, an isolation circuit, and a phasing circuit. The limiting circuit includes a system of fast signal diodes coupled with a zener diode, which provides sharp limiting and increased limiting thresholds to received signals. In addition, the isolation circuit prevents a cable coupled to the output of the antenna unit from becoming electrically coupled with the antenna element itself. Furthermore, the phasing circuit allows the present antenna system to provide a null in a fixed direction over a wide bandwidth of signal receiving frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2006Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: PDS Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Charles T. Rauch
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Publication number: 20080186230Abstract: A method for detecting a plurality of navigation beacon signals by using either two antennas or a synthetic aperture antenna for receiving a plurality of distinct measurements, and combining the plurality of distinct measurements using a plurality of antenna weight components to form an interference cancellation beam. In one embodiment, the plurality of antenna weight components is determined by eigenvalue processing. In another embodiment, the plurality of antenna weight components is determined by simplified processing. In another aspect, a single antenna is used for receiving an originally received measurement. A copy of the originally received measurement is made and processed to achieve the proper time delay to emulate spatial diversity. The originally received measurement and the processed copy are combined to form an interference cancellation beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Michael James Wengler, Ahmad Jalali
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Publication number: 20080150803Abstract: There is provided a communication method including: generating a channel estimated value for each antenna by performing channel estimation using a received signal by each antenna; calculating reception weights by which subcarriers assigned the received signal of each antenna are to be multiplied using a set of the channel estimated values; calculating a reception weight time profile for each antenna by converting the reception weights calculated for each antenna to data on a time domain; generating a transmission weight time profile for each antenna by extracting a certain section of each reception weight time profile; calculating transmission weights by which subcarriers assigned a transmission signal for each antenna are to be multiplied by converting each transmission weight time profile to data on a frequency domain; and multiplying subcarriers assigned the transmission signal for each antenna by the transmission weights of each antenna and transmit multiplied subcarriers through each antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Koichiro BAN
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Publication number: 20080111741Abstract: A communication system 10 includes a satellite 18 that broadcasts communication signals to a first antenna 28A and a second antenna 28B. The antenna forms a first signal and a second signal and is provided to a combiner 102. The combiner 102 is coupled to the antennas 28A and 28B and combines the first portion of the first signal and a second portion of the second signal to form an output signal 152. The output signal is received by the receiving unit 28A-28n and utilized by the receiving unit to display or otherwise use the output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Sean S. Lee, Su Zhang
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Patent number: 7373176Abstract: A method and system for coordinating the use of beam forming between two communicating entities in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The two entities may communicate control information regarding their respective use of beam forming. A correction factor for at least one entity is provided wherein said entity may reduce or withhold its beam adjustment in order to correct any error measured in the alignment of its beam with respect to the beam of the other entity with which it is communicating. Adjustment parameters for adjusting the beams are selected based on conditions surrounding the communication.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2003Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Interdigital Technology CorporationInventors: Kimberly Chotkowski, Steven Jeffrey Goldberg
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Patent number: 7362268Abstract: A method for detecting a plurality of navigation beacon signals by using either two antennas or a synthetic aperture antenna for receiving a plurality of distinct measurements, and combining the plurality of distinct measurements using a plurality of antenna weight components to form an interference cancellation beam. In one embodiment, the plurality of antenna weight components is determined by eigenvalue processing. In another embodiment, the plurality of antenna weight components is determined by simplified processing. In another aspect, a single antenna is used for receiving an originally received measurement. A copy of the originally received measurement is made and processed to achieve the proper time delay to emulate spatial diversity. The originally received measurement and the processed copy are combined to form an interference cancellation beam.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2005Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Inventors: Michael James Wengler, Ahmad Jalali
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Patent number: 7330801Abstract: A communications device includes an antenna array for receiving different summations of source signals from a plurality of signal sources, a receiver coupled to the antenna array for receiving the different summations of source signals, and a signal separation processor coupled to the receiver. Processing by the signal separation processor includes creating a matrix based upon the different summations of source signals, with the matrix being defined by linear independent equations with fewer equations than unknowns. The matrix is underdetermined, and parameters associated with the matrix are modified based upon different sets of parameter values, and respective matrix quality factors associated with the different sets of parameter values are determined. The matrix is then biased with a preferred set of parameter values so that the solution space may be narrowed for obtaining a solution.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Interdigital Technology CorporationInventors: Steven J. Goldberg, Yogendra Shah
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Patent number: 7324047Abstract: An adaptive antenna apparatus includes two antenna elements and a parasitic element to which a variable reactance element is connected, and selects an adaptive control process according to detected signal quality. A controller executes a first adaptive control process for adaptively controlling respective signals received by the respective antenna elements and outputting the respective signals after the adaptive control as a combined received signal, and executes a second adaptive control process for reactance controlling an element value of the variable reactance element. The controller executes the first adaptive control process. The controller executes a communication process when the detected signal quality is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold. The controller executes the second adaptive control process when the detected signal quality is not equal to or larger than the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Koichi Ogawa, Hiroshi Iwai, Yoshio Koyanagi, Akira Kato
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Publication number: 20070257840Abstract: This disclosure describes signal processing techniques that can improve the performance of blind source separation (BSS) techniques. In particular, the described techniques propose pre-processing steps that can help to de-correlate the different signals from one another prior to execution of the BSS techniques. In addition, the described techniques also propose optional post-processing steps that can further de-correlate the different signals following execution of the BSS techniques. The techniques may be particularly useful for improving BSS performance with highly correlated audio signals, e.g., from two microphones that are in close spatial proximity to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2006Publication date: November 8, 2007Inventors: Song Wang, Eddie L.T. Choy, Samir Kumar Gupta
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Patent number: 7257153Abstract: The invention relates to a method for synchronizing a receiver (1) with a transmitted code-modulated spread spectrum signal. The method uses at least one reference code (r(x)), which corresponds to a code used in the modulation. The frequency shift of the transmitted signal and the code phase of the code used in the modulation are determined in the method.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2000Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Ilkka Kontola
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Patent number: 7251286Abstract: Methods and systems consistent with this invention receive a plurality of transmitted signals in a receiver having a plurality of receive elements, wherein each transmitted signal has a different spatial location. Such methods and systems receive the plurality of transmitted signals at the plurality of receive elements to form a plurality of receive element signals, form a combined signal derived from the plurality of receive element signals, and detect each of the plurality of transmitted signals from the combined signal by its different spatial location. To achieve this, methods and systems consistent with this invention generate a plurality of arbitrary phase modulation signals, and phase modulate each of the plurality of receive element signals with a different one of the phase modulation signals to form a plurality of phase modulated signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2004Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Greenwich Technologies AssociatesInventor: Carl M. Elam
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Patent number: 7248217Abstract: A method of controlling multiple antenna signal transmission is disclosed. The method includes adjusting signal parameters so that transmission signals from a plurality of antennas combine to form a directional beam. A time duration in which the transmission signals are directed is controlled so that an average EIRP does not exceed a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2005Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Tzero Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sanjay Mani, Adam L. Schwartz
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Patent number: 7236750Abstract: Techniques to correct for phase and amplitude mismatches in a radio device in order to maintain channel symmetry when communicating with another device using MIMO radio communication techniques. Correction for the amplitude and phase mismatches among the plurality of transmitters and plurality of receivers of a device may be made at baseband using digital logic (such as in the modem) in the receiver path, the transmitter path or both paths of that device. In a device, amplitude and phase offsets are determined among the plurality of radio transmitter and radio receiver paths by measuring phase and amplitude responses when supplying a signal to a transmitter in a first antenna path of the device and coupling the radio signal from a first antenna to a second antenna path of that device where the signal is downconverted by a receiver associated with the second antenna path, and similarly coupling a signal from the second antenna path to the first antenna path.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: IPR Licensing Inc.Inventors: Chandra Vaidyanathan, Gary L. Sugar
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Patent number: 7231151Abstract: A cosite interference rejection system allows cancellation of large interfering signals with an optical cancellation subsystem. The rejection system includes an interference subsystem coupled to a transmit system, where the interference subsystem weights a sampled transmit signal based on a feedback signal such that the weighted signal is out of phase with the sampled transmit signal. The optical cancellation subsystem is coupled to the interference subsystem and a receive antenna. The optical cancellation subsystem converts an optical signal into a desired receive signal based on an interfering coupled signal and the weighted signal. The weighted signal is therefore used to drive the optical cancellation subsystem. The rejection system further includes a feedback loop for providing the feedback signal to the interference subsystem based on the desired receive signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2005Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Michael J LaGasse