Duplex Diplex Patents (Class 370/275)
  • Patent number: 12034464
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a common terminal, reception output terminals (120 and 130), a filter (20) that is connected between the common terminal and the reception output terminal (120), a filter (30) that is connected between the common terminal and the reception output terminal (130) and has a pass band different from a pass band of the filter (20), and an impedance matching circuit that is arranged between the common terminal and the filter (30). The impedance matching circuit includes a parallel-arm resonator that is connected between a node (N1) on a path connecting the common terminal to the filter (30) and a ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Tani
  • Patent number: 11595091
    Abstract: A transmission of a sounding reference signal by an electronic device is provided. A method of an electronic device includes transmitting a signal via a first antenna subset including at least one of a plurality of antennas, measuring an emission environment of the plurality of antennas, using the signal, determining at least one antenna to be used for transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS), based on the emission environment, and transmitting the SRS via the at least one determined antenna. The emission environment includes a strength of a reflected signal that corresponds to the signal and is reflected by the first antenna subset, or a strength of a reception signal that corresponds to the signal and is received by a second antenna subset including at least one remaining antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woojin Kim, Kihyug Seong, Dongil Yang
  • Patent number: 11444594
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes an antenna terminal, first to third filters with different passbands, and first and second phase circuits that adjust the phase of a passing signal. The first filter is connected to the antenna terminal. The second filter is connected to the antenna terminal with the first phase circuit provided between the second filter and the antenna terminal. The third filter is connected to a connection node between the first phase circuit and the second filter with the second phase circuit provided between the third filter and the connection node. In the second filter, an unwanted wave is generated in the first passband of the first filter. The first phase circuit adjusts the phase to provide an impedance in an open state in the first passband at the antenna terminal. The second phase circuit adjusts the phase to provide the impedance in a short-circuited state in the first passband at the connection node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11309946
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various examples of architectures, circuits, devices and methods that provide wireless communication systems that can switch between switch combining and simplex operating modes. The switch combining modes utilize switching to dynamically route transmit and receive signals from a first antenna while the simplex operating modes route transmit signals to the first antenna and route receive signals from a second antenna. A controller is configured to control a duplexer to switch between the switch combining and the simplex operating modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: David Richard Pehlke
  • Patent number: 10673471
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) multiplexer includes, for example, a common port, a first port for a first frequency band, a second port for a second frequency band, and a third port for a third frequency band. The RF multiplexer also includes, for example, a first quadrature hybrid coupler (QHC), a second QHC and a third QHC. A coupling of the first QHC, a first pair of filters, and the second QHC separates the first frequency band and the second frequency band from the common port to the first port and to the second port, respectively. A coupling of the first QHC, a second pair of filters, and the third QHC separates the first frequency band and the third frequency band from the common port to the first port and to the third port respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Sam Mandegaran
  • Patent number: 10673472
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) multiplexer includes, for example, a common port, a first port for a first frequency band, a second port for a second frequency band, and a third port for a third frequency band. The RF multiplexer also includes, for example, a first quadrature hybrid coupler (QHC), a second QHC and a third QHC. A coupling of the first QHC, a first pair of filters, and the second QHC separates the first frequency band and the second frequency band from the common port to the first port and to the second port, respectively. A coupling of the first QHC, a second pair of filters, and the third QHC separates the first frequency band and the third frequency band from the common port to the first port and to the third port respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Sam Mandegaran
  • Patent number: 10637513
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) multiplexer includes, for example, a common port, a first port for a first frequency band, a second port for a second frequency band, and a third port for a third frequency band. The RF multiplexer also includes, for example, a first quadrature hybrid coupler (QHC), a second QHC and a third QHC. A coupling of the first QHC, a first pair of filters, and the second QHC separates the first frequency band and the second frequency band from the common port to the first port and to the second port, respectively. A coupling of the first QHC, a second pair of filters, and the third QHC separates the first frequency band and the third frequency band from the common port to the first port and to the third port respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Sam Mandegaran
  • Patent number: 10560129
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) multiplexer includes, for example, a common port, a first port for a first frequency band, a second port for a second frequency band, and a third port for a third frequency band. The RF multiplexer also includes, for example, a first quadrature hybrid coupler (QHC), a second QHC and a third QHC. A coupling of the first QHC, a first pair of filters, and the second QHC separates the first frequency band and the second frequency band from the common port to the first port and to the second port, respectively. A coupling of the first QHC, a second pair of filters, and the third QHC separates the first frequency band and the third frequency band from the common port to the first port and to the third port respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Sam Mandegaran
  • Patent number: 10530398
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) multiplexer includes, for example, a common port, a first port for a first frequency band, a second port for a second frequency band, and a third port for a third frequency band. The RF multiplexer also includes, for example, a first quadrature hybrid coupler (QHC), a second QHC and a third QHC. A coupling of the first QHC, a first pair of filters, and the second QHC separates the first frequency band and the second frequency band from the common port to the first port and to the second port, respectively. A coupling of the first QHC, a second pair of filters, and the third QHC separates the first frequency band and the third frequency band from the common port to the first port and to the third port respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Sam Mandegaran
  • Patent number: 10476530
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) multiplexer includes, for example, a common port, a first port for a first frequency band, a second port for a second frequency band, and a third port for a third frequency band. The RF multiplexer also includes, for example, a first quadrature hybrid coupler (QHC), a second QHC and a third QHC. A coupling of the first QHC, a first pair of filters, and the second QHC separates the first frequency band and the second frequency band from the common port to the first port and to the second port, respectively. A coupling of the first QHC, a second pair of filters, and the third QHC separates the first frequency band and the third frequency band from the common port to the first port and to the third port respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Sam Mandegaran
  • Patent number: 10432274
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various examples of architectures, circuits, devices and methods that provide a simplex architecture so that an antenna serves only transmission or reception signals but not both at the same time. The architecture can include transmit and receive ports that can be dynamically coupled to first and second antenna ports to provide a transmit path and a receive path. The disclosed systems can include a controller configured to provide an antenna select signal to the architecture to control operation of the paths between the signal ports and the antenna ports. The architecture can include antenna tuners associated with individual antennas, the antenna tuners being separately controllable by the controller. The architecture can dynamically switch between a simplex configuration and a configuration that uses a single antenna for transmit and receive operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: David Richard Pehlke
  • Patent number: 10405334
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to scheduling resources in wireless communications. In one aspect, communications can be established with a plurality of user equipment (UE). A set of the plurality of UEs as having an interference impact on one another that is less than a threshold can be determined. A first UE of the set of the plurality of UEs can be scheduled for downlink communications in a first transmission time interval (TTI), and a second UE of the set of the plurality of UEs can be scheduled for uplink communications in a second TTI that is adjacent in time to the first TTI. In another aspect, uplink communications for the first UE can be scheduled in a portion of the guard period TTI based at least in part on determining a timing advance of the first UE is less than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shimman Arvind Patel, Wanshi Chen, Juan Montojo, Hao Xu, Aleksandar Damnjanovic, Seyedkianoush Hosseini
  • Patent number: 9628252
    Abstract: There is provided a method, comprising: applying, by a first node operating under a time division duplex communication scheme, a frame structure comprising an extended transmission part, wherein the extended transmission part at least partially overlaps in time domain with a reception part of a frame structure applied by at least one second node operating at least partially under the same transmission/reception pattern as the first node; and causing specific signaling to the at least one second node in the extended transmission part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OY
    Inventors: Eeva Lahetkangas, Esa Tapani Tiirola
  • Patent number: 9432993
    Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system and the user equipment are discussed. The method includes receiving a timing advance command for indicating a change of uplink timing relative to a current uplink timing in a subframe; and when uplink transmissions in a subframe n and a subframe n+1 are overlapped due to the timing advance command, transmitting the subframe n completely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joon Kui Ahn, Ki Jun Kim, Bin Chul Ihm, Young Woo Yun
  • Patent number: 8767737
    Abstract: A data center network system and a packet forwarding method thereof are provided. The data center network system includes a virtual bridge and an address resolution protocol (ARP) server. The virtual bridge intercepts an ARP request having an identification field and a destination IP address field and adds a corresponding virtual data center identification to the identification field of the ARP request and redirecting the ARP request to the ARP server. Additionally, the ARP server queries a corresponding MAC address according to an IP address recorded in the destination IP address field of the ARP request and the corresponding VDCID recorded in the identification field of the ARP request, and transmits the corresponding MAC address in response to the ARP request. Accordingly, the same private IP address can be reused in the data center network system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Wang, Cheng-Chun Tu, Tzi-Cker Chiueh
  • Patent number: 8644197
    Abstract: Architectures and implementations of a transceiver system for wireless communications are presented, the system including one or more antennas supporting a single frequency band or multiple frequency bands, a transmit circuit, a receive circuit, and an isolation circuit that is coupled to the one or more antennas and the transmit and receive circuits and provides adequate isolation between the transmit circuit and the receive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hollinworth Fund, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Cheng-Jung Lee, Woo Yong Lee, Ajay Gummalla, Nhan Duc Nguyen, Vladimir Penev, Maha Achour, Gregory Poilasne
  • Patent number: 8565794
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for receiving, by a terminal, a paging message in a wireless communication system. A paging message reception method according to the present invention comprises receiving a paging message which includes task information from a base station, and performing at least one task among the initiation of a machine type communication (MTC) function, interruption of a machine type communication (MTC) function and a measurement report according to the task information included in the received paging message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Wook Lee, Sung Jun Park, Sung Hoon Jung, Young Dae Lee, Seung June Yi
  • Patent number: 8514749
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for routing requests for duplex applications. Embodiments of the invention provide a multi-machine scalability mechanism for duplex messages patterns based on a polling mechanism. Client requests and polls can be distributed to service instances running within a cluster of machines by a session-unaware load balancer. Messages to and from a given client can be accessed by any service instance in the cluster service instance, which allows capacity scale-out and seamless failover between service instances. A coordinated inbound message store is used to affinitize application requests to a particular service instance. A coordinated outbound message store is used to route application responses from the machine running the application to the machine where a polling request arrived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Cole, Tomasz Janczuk, Nicholas A. Allen, Yavor Georgiev
  • Patent number: 8503514
    Abstract: A high-speed switch that includes a switch fabric, and both high-speed serial ports and data converter physical ports. A first set of data converter physical ports may perform analog-to-digital conversions, such that an external analog signal may be converted to a digital input signal on the switch. The converted digital input signal may then be routed through the switch fabric in accordance with a serial data protocol. A second set of data converter physical ports may perform digital-to-analog conversions, such that an internal digital signal received from the switch fabric may be converted to an analog output signal on the switch. The converted analog output signal may then be transmitted to an external destination in accordance with a serial data protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Kiomars Anvari
  • Patent number: 8503515
    Abstract: An integrated circuit chip implements a high-speed switch that includes: a switch fabric; control logic that controls the transmission of digital signals through the switch fabric; a transceiver block comprising one or more transceivers, each transmitting digital signals between the control logic and a corresponding external device; a data converter physical interface comprising one or more data converters, each performing a conversion between analog and digital signals, wherein digital signals associated with the one or more data converters are routed through the switch fabric; and a signal processing engine coupled to the control logic, wherein the signal processing engine performs on-chip processing of digital signals received from the transceiver block and the data converter physical interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Kiomars Anvari
  • Patent number: 8483103
    Abstract: A method for determining a data transmission offset includes: synchronizing a first time division duplex TDD system with a second TDD system (a500); determining a transmission timing advance of a user terminal according to a deviation between random access time and desired time of the user equipment during establishing the uplink synchronization of the second TDD system (a501); determining an offset of a time slot of the second TDD system according to a time difference between the time slots of the first TDD system and the second TDD system (a502); and obtaining a data transmission offset of the time slot by adding the determined offset of the time slot to the determined transmission timing advance (a503). A system and a base station for determining a data transmission offset are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Shiqiang Suo, Xueming Pan, Yingmin Wang, Shaohui Sun, Yongbin Xie
  • Patent number: 8427983
    Abstract: Techniques are described for permitting uplink feedback for downlink transmission over downlink-only RF carriers to occur using uplink control channels belonging to another fully-configured RF carrier herein known as a primary carrier. Uplink feedback channels can be allocated for the downlink-only RF carriers in the uplink control regions of a fully-configured RF carrier immediately following the uplink control channels for the primary carrier are allocated. The uplink feedback channels for downlink-only RF carriers can be allocated based on global or local index number of each downlink-only RF carrier in sequential order based on ascending or descending sorting of the index numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sassan Ahmadi, Shahrnaz Azizi
  • Publication number: 20130016632
    Abstract: A wireless electronic device having first and second baseband processors is provided. In one suitable arrangement, radio-frequency power splitters and adjustable low noise amplifiers may be form in the receive paths. The use of power splitters allow signals associated with the first and second baseband processors to be received in parallel. In another suitable arrangement, radio-frequency switches are used in place of the power splitters. The states of the switches may be controlled using at least one of the first and second baseband processors. The use of switches instead of power splitters requires that wake periods associated with the first baseband processor and wake periods associated with the second baseband processor are non-overlapping. To ensure minimal wake period collision, a wake period associated with the second baseband processor may be positioned at a midpoint between two successive wake periods associated with the first baseband processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Syed A. Mujtaba, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Karthik Anantharaman, Weiping Dou, Isabel G. Mahe
  • Patent number: 8335832
    Abstract: A method for releasing buffered data of a Serving Gateway is disclosed? the Serving Gateway (Serving GW) buffers downlink data sent to a user and sends a data notification message to a Mobility Management Entity (MME); after receiving the data notification message, the MME initiates a paging to the user and sets a paging timer, if the paging timer expires and no paging response of the user is received, the MME sends a notification message to the Serving GW to inform the Serving GW that there is no paging response from the user; and after receiving the notification message, the Serving GW releases the buffered downlink data. With this method, the Serving GW can release buffered data in time without causing wrong release of the buffered data, so the system efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Fei Lu, Jinguo Zhu, Minya Ye
  • Patent number: 8295774
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining uplink receive signal path characteristics in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a tower-top noise source (TTNS) is provided such that it is permanently affixed in close proximity to a receive antenna. The TTNS preferably has an output that includes a wideband noise signal having predetermined characteristics. The TTNS output is selectively connected to a receive signal path that includes a tower-top low-noise amplifier (TTLNA). An altered version of the wideband noise signal is received at the output of the receive signal path, and a characteristic of the altered wideband noise signal is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Clearwire IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Walter F. Rausch, Douglas A. Hyslop, David A. Maples, Ivy Y. Kelly
  • Patent number: 8234399
    Abstract: A serial ATA interface calibrates serially connected components of a computer system linked by the interface to a negotiated data transmission speed. The interface negotiates the fastest data transmission speed supported by the serially connected components. Link parameters associated with the negotiated data transmission speed are calibrated and implemented in a Phy layer of the interface before data is transmitted across the interface. The calibrated link parameters include signal transmission settings for amplitude, pre-emphasis, equalization and timing. Default settings of the link parameters correspond to the slowest data transmission speed supported by the serially connected components. The serially connected components are calibrated each time system power is initialized. The serially connected components can be a host computer linked to a data storage device such as a backplane-based storage subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Robert B. Wood
  • Patent number: 8068444
    Abstract: A method communicating downlink and uplink sub-frames between a base and at least one half duplex user equipment. For a scheduled synchronization time, beginning of reception of an effective part of the uplink sub-frame is separated from end of transmission of an effective part of the first downlink sub-frame by a duration of the difference between a single idle period and an incremental timing advance value. The single idle period, having a duration greater than or equal to summation of downlink/uplink and uplink/downlink required minimum idle durations, is reserved in the end of the first downlink sub-frame or the beginning of the uplink sub-frame, or both. The incremental timing advance value is greater than or equal to the uplink/downlink required minimum idle duration and lower than or equal to the difference between the duration of the single idle period and the downlink/uplink required minimum idle duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Loic Brunel, David Mottier
  • Patent number: 8023999
    Abstract: Disclosed is a base station comprising an antenna and a plurality of integrated transceiver modules. Each integrated transceiver module includes a radio and a decentral duplexer connected to the radio and the antenna for transmission of and reception of communication signals. The integrated transceiver module therefore modularizes the base station so that all of the components of a base station can be located on a single module (e.g., one printed circuit board (PCB)). The base station can be upgraded by inserting additional integrated transceiver modules into the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Georg Fischer
  • Patent number: 7965661
    Abstract: A method and system for using half-duplex base stations and half-duplex nodes in a Frequency Division Duplexing region to provide wireless connectivity between the half-duplex base stations and customers in multiple sectors of a cell. The method and system can use two physical channels to form two logical channels. Each logical channel shares both physical channels during alternating frames of time. The half-duplex nodes can include a millimeter-wave band frequency synthesizer configured to transmit and receive on different channels to and from the half-duplex base station. Re-use patterns of the physical channels are used for deployment of half-duplex base stations and half-duplex nodes in the FDD region to minimize co-channel interference and interference due to uncorrelated rain fade. Additional methods and systems utilize full-duplex base stations and smart antenna to communicate with the half-duplex nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Harington Valve, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Stanwood, Israel Jay Klein
  • Patent number: 7937063
    Abstract: A method and system for protecting a LNA by acquiring a radio frequency control channel signal at a tower top low noise amplifier (TTLNA) system. In response to acquiring the radio frequency control channel signal, LNA mode information is determined from the acquired radio frequency control channel signal. Based at least in part on the determination, the TTLNA is configured to either receive mode when the LNA mode information indicates receive mode or transmit mode when the LNA mode information indicates transmits mode. In an exemplary embodiment, the TTLNA is configured to receive mode only after a determination is made that there is no transmit energy present on the feedline connecting the BTS and the antenna. In another exemplary embodiment, the TTLNA is initialized in transmit mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Clear Wireless LLC
    Inventors: Walter F. Rausch, David A. Maples
  • Patent number: 7911984
    Abstract: A method and system for using half-duplex base stations and half-duplex nodes in a Frequency Division Duplexing region to provide wireless connectivity between the half-duplex base stations and customers in multiple sectors of a cell. The method and system can use two physical channels to form two logical channels. Each logical channel shares both physical channels during alternating frames of time. The half-duplex nodes can include a millimeter-wave band frequency synthesizer configured to transmit and receive on different channels to and from the half-duplex base station. Re-use patterns of the physical channels are used for deployment of half-duplex base stations and half-duplex nodes in the FDD region to minimize co-channel interference and interference due to uncorrelated rain fade. Additional methods and systems utilize full-duplex base stations and smart antenna to communicate with the half-duplex nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Harington Valve, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Stanwood, Israel Jay Klein
  • Patent number: 7839805
    Abstract: A method and system for using half-duplex base stations and half-duplex nodes in a Frequency Division Duplexing region to provide wireless connectivity between the half-duplex base stations and customers in multiple sectors of a cell. The method and system can use two physical channels to form two logical channels. Each logical channel shares both physical channels during alternating frames of time. The half-duplex nodes can include a millimeter-wave band frequency synthesizer configured to transmit and receive on different channels to and from the half-duplex base station. Re-use patterns of the physical channels are used for deployment of half-duplex base stations and half-duplex nodes in the FDD region to minimize co-channel interference and interference due to uncorrelated rain fade. Additional methods and systems utilize full-duplex base stations and smart antenna to communicate with the half-duplex nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Stanwood, Israel Jay Klein
  • Patent number: 7831213
    Abstract: Controlling a tower-top low noise amplifier (TTLNA) without transmit mode or receive mode timing control signals from a base station. The TTLNA system and associated components autonomously determine the proper mode of operation (transmit/receive), and automatically control the operation of a low noise amplifier (LNA) to prevent signal distortion and/or damage to the wireless system hardware. A preferred method comprises: at a TTLNA, measuring a transmit time period based on detecting radio frequency (RF) transmit signal energy; determining a receive time duration based on the measured time period and a predetermined frame time; and, configuring the TTLNA to a receive mode by placing a low noise amplifier into a receive signal path during the determined receive time duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Clear Wireless LLC
    Inventors: Walter F. Rausch, William Bloomingdale, David A. Maples
  • Patent number: 7656825
    Abstract: A method and system for using half-duplex base stations and half-duplex nodes in a Frequency Division Duplexing region to provide wireless connectivity between the half-duplex base stations and customers in multiple sectors of a cell. The method and system can use two physical channels to form two logical channels. Each logical channel shares both physical channels during alternating frames of time. The half-duplex nodes can include a millimeter-wave band frequency synthesizer configured to transmit and receive on different channels to and from the half-duplex base station. Re-use patterns of the physical channels are used for deployment of half-duplex base stations and half-duplex nodes in the FDD region to minimize co-channel interference and interference due to uncorrelated rain fade. Additional methods and systems utilize full-duplex base stations and smart antenna to communicate with the half-duplex nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Stanwood, Israel Jay Klein
  • Publication number: 20080240000
    Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises a multi-band wireless transceiver for communication with a remote device. The portable electronic device comprises a transceiver: i) generating a first band modulated carrier at a first transmitter port; ii) generating a second band modulated carrier at a second transmitter port; and iii) including a low noise amplifier receiving port. A front-end circuit couples the transceiver to an antenna. The front-end circuit includes a first band modulated carrier transmission signal path from the first transmitter port to the antenna comprising: i) a coupling of a first band modulated carrier from the first transmitter port of the transceiver to a low pass port of a diplexer; ii) the diplexer comprising a low pass filter coupling the first band modulated carrier from the low pass port of the diplexer to a common port of the diplexer; and iii) a coupling of the first band modulated carrier from the common port of the diplexer to the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Phillip Clifford KIDD
  • Publication number: 20080232278
    Abstract: A method communicating downlink and uplink sub-frames between a base and at least one half duplex user equipment. For a scheduled synchronization time, beginning of reception of an effective part of the uplink sub-frame is separated from end of transmission of an effective part of the first downlink sub-frame by a duration of the difference between a single idle period and an incremental timing advance value. The single idle period, having a duration greater than or equal to summation of downlink/uplink and uplink/downlink required minimum idle durations, is reserved in the end of the first downlink sub-frame or the beginning of the uplink sub-frame, or both. The incremental timing advance value is greater than or equal to the uplink/downlink required minimum idle duration and lower than or equal to the difference between the duration of the single idle period and the downlink/uplink required minimum idle duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Loic Brunel, David Mottier
  • Patent number: 6975841
    Abstract: A diplexer capable of passing signals of a high frequency band without being attenuated over a wide frequency band, and a high-frequency switch using the diplexer are provided. The diplexer includes a low-pass filter 82 having a parallel resonant circuit formed by a first capacitor C1 and a first inductor L1 and a serial resonant circuit formed by a second capacitor C2 and a second inductor L2. With this structure, two attenuation poles are provided in the low-pass filter 82. Thus, a passband of a high-pass filter 83 can be widened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uriu, Toru Yamada, Toshio Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20040139473
    Abstract: A method for adjusting bandwidth allocation in a cable modem termination system is provided. The method includes detecting an overflow condition at a primary transceiver of the cable modem termination system, determining whether a back-up transceiver is available in the cable modem termination system, and when the back-up transceiver is available, establishing at least one channel for the back-up transceiver to communicate over a common physical medium with at least one channel of the primary transceiver to effectively increase the bandwidth of the cable modem termination system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: ADC Broadband Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Clarke V. Greene
  • Patent number: 6748206
    Abstract: A radio receiver includes a device for decreasing the data rate of reception data in accordance with the channel frequency of the reception data, and a device for performing signal processing for the reception data whose data rate has been decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Mariko Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6584302
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for forming a beam for transmission in a TDD communication system, wherein an antenna comprises several elements. A multipath propagated signal is received and an antenna response is estimated. A subset of the responses is selected and beam forming coefficients are calculated by using the selected subset. The signal to be transmitted is multiplied by the beam forming coefficients. The inventive solution can be used in a call set-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Ari Hottinen, Risto Wichman
  • Patent number: 6366564
    Abstract: A diplexer employed in mobile communications equipment such mobile phones which can divide signals into two channels with a simple configuration without interfering the other band. In this diplexer, an inductor 105 is connected between a &pgr;-type three-stage one polar low-pass filter 115 and a common terminal 113 as a first matching circuit, and a capacitor 106A is connected between a one polar band-pass filter 116 and a common terminal 113 as a second matching circuit so that interference with the other band can be prevented and the higher harmonics can be sufficiently attenuated with simple configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hiraka, Hidenori Katsumura, Ryuichi Saito, Hiroshi Kushitani, Naoki Yuda, Shigeo Hurukawa, Suzushi Kimura
  • Patent number: 6211926
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus for a digital cable television system and a method thereof which are capable of inserting and transmitting a control data into each channel of a head end (HE) which is an output unit of a transmitting unit and modulating a state checking data of a receiving unit for a VSB/QAM receiving unit based on a QPSK method, thus upwardly transmitting the date, whereby it is possible to remotely control and monitor a VSB/QAM receiving unit without additionally allocating a frequency band width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwang-Ho Won
  • Patent number: 6185434
    Abstract: A dual mode radio apparatus has an integrated filtering part (51) which includes an antenna port (51a) for connection to an antenna (21), at least one port (51b, 51c, 51d) for connection to each of the system-specific radio-frequency parts (54, 55) of the dual mode radio apparatus and filtering means for directing the propagation of signals between ports on the basis of the signal frequency. The integrated filtering part replaces earlier separate filters and their impedance matching circuits as well as some of the required radio-frequency switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: LK-Products OY
    Inventors: Panu Hagström, Seppo Yrjölä
  • Patent number: 6125365
    Abstract: Respective child relay units are selected in predetermined order if one or more child relay units are connected to respective relay units (first process). By increasing or decreasing an address, the increased or decreased address are set in one selected child relay unit (second process). The first process to the second process are repeated with respect to the selected child relay unit until the most downstream relay unit (third process). The third process is repeated until address setting of all child relay units has been ended in a relay unit positioned just before the most downstream relay unit in upstream (fourth process). If address setting of all child relay units has been ended in the relay unit positioned just before the most downstream relay unit, the third process to the fourth process are repeated until address setting of all child relay units has been ended in a relay unit positioned second before the upstream relay unit in the upstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinori Nakatsugawa