Apparatus Convertible To Analog Patents (Class 375/216)
  • Patent number: 9173190
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling a delay probability distribution associated with receiving a response to a page. The method entails performing a series of page operations, wherein each page operation entails transmitting a page and scanning for a page response. The method further entails adjusting at least one timing parameter associated with performing the series of page operations based on a characteristic of one or more scans for the page performed by the at least one remote device. The characteristic may be the period of periodic page scans performed by the at least one remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Edward Harrison Teague, Qingjiang Tian, David Jonathan Julian, Zhanfeng Jia
  • Patent number: 9124755
    Abstract: Compressive imaging apparatus employing multiple modulators in various optical schemes to generate the modulation patterns before the signal is recorded at a detector. The compressive imaging apparatus is equally valid when applying compressive imaging to structured light embodiments where the placement is shifted from the acquisition path between the subject and the detector into the illumination path between the source and the subject to be imaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Kevin F. Kelly, Richard G. Baraniuk, Gary Woods, Ting Sun, Matthew Turner
  • Patent number: 9020065
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) front end having group delay mismatch reduction is provided. One embodiment provides a first feed forward path and a second feed forward path. The second feed forward path is electrically in parallel with the first feed forward. The second feed forward path has a first signal path and a second signal path. The first and second signal paths are arranged to be electrically in parallel. The first signal path has a digital filter. The second signal path has a tunable analog filter. The tunable analog filter operates to reduce a delay associated with the second feed forward path as compared with a delay associated with the first feed forward path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Mark William Wyville
  • Patent number: 9008158
    Abstract: Disclosed uses a digital to analog converter and an analog to digital converter that process a low bit for processing of a data signal at high speed according to analog to digital conversion and digital to analog conversion in a communication system and an analog to digital converter that processes high bit for processing of a signal for synchronization acquisition at low speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kwang-Seon Kim, Bong-Su Kim, Min-Soo Kang, Woo-Jin Byun
  • Publication number: 20140369392
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a communication system includes a remote unit configured to convert a plurality of signals, received at the remote unit from a plurality of end devices, into a plurality of first digital signals regardless of a bandwidth occupied by any of the plurality of signals. The communication system further includes a central unit configured to generate a plurality of second digital signals by processing the plurality of first digital signals received from the remote unit and transmit the plurality of second digital signals back to the remote unit, to be transmitted to the plurality of end devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.
    Inventors: Sian Chong LEE, Noriaki KANEDA
  • Patent number: 8885690
    Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed relating to power control techniques for wireless transmitters. In an example embodiment, an apparatus is provided that may include a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) adapted to convert a digital amplitude signal to an analog amplitude signal during a first transmission mode and adapted to convert a digital power level signal to an analog power level signal during a second transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Alireza Zolfaghari, Henrik Tholstrup Jensen, Hooman Darabi
  • Patent number: 8837627
    Abstract: A method of reducing signal correlation in a symmetrical adaptive canceller link comprising spectrally inverting one of a first carrier signal and a second carrier signal by causing a spectral inversion of one of the first and second carrier signals using a modulator, transmitting the first and second carrier signals within a bandwidth to a remote receiver using a transmitting device such that a composite carrier signal results, and cancelling at least one of the first carrier signal from the composite carrier signal using a cancellation technique such that the second carrier signal results on one end of the link and the second carrier signal from the composite carrier signal using a cancellation technique such that the first carrier signal results on the opposite end of the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Louis Dubin, Cris Mamaril
  • Patent number: 8811517
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for sending a data signal from a transmitter to a receiver in a multiple antenna wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises: sending information about the number of transmission antennas of the transmitter to the receiver; receiving from the receiver information about the number of effective communication links of the transmitter and the receiver; determining a precoding matrix based on the information about the number of effective communication links; and receiving from the receiver the data signal using the precoding matrix, wherein transmission antennas of the transmitter and receiving antennas of the receiver respectively form effective communication links independent of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Chul Ihm, Ji Won Kang, Sung Ho Park, Wook Bong Lee, Moon Il Lee
  • Patent number: 8804750
    Abstract: There is provided a field device performing a communication through a communication line. The field device includes: first circuits involved with a smart communication; second circuits involved with a fieldbus communication; a token detecting circuit that detects a token in the fieldbus communication; and a control circuit. The control circuit is operable to: i) cause the second circuits to operate when the token is detected within a given time by the token detecting circuit; and ii) cause the second circuits not to operate when the token is not detected within the given time by the token detecting circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8731490
    Abstract: In transmitter modules or power amplifier (PA) modules there is at least a possible path for a second and even a third harmonic of a low band to crossover unfiltered into the high band path and reach the antenna and hence cross band isolation is necessary. Forward isolation is necessary in order to limit the input crossing over the PAs into the antenna port. According to the methods and the circuits such cross band isolation and forward isolation is improved by detuning the filter and matching network at the output of the PA. The circuit comprises a trap at the harmonic frequencies of the low band thereby at least reducing the impacts of the cross band and forward isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: RF Micro Devices (Cayman Islands), Ltd.
    Inventors: Malcolm Smith, Ying Shi
  • Patent number: 8705592
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a data transmission apparatus, a data reception apparatus, and a data transmission method. The data transmission apparatus, the data reception apparatus, and the data transmission method are capable of simplifying the circuit structure of a decoder because an assumption of the time related to a request signal and a data signal is not necessary and an additional logic for generating a clock signal for the decoder is not necessary by using a Finite State Machine (FSM) logic without storing a state via a delay device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Myeong-Hoon Oh, Chi-Hoon Shin, Sung-Nam Kim, Seong-Woon Kim
  • Patent number: 8693971
    Abstract: A receiver is configured to receive a receive signal including a plurality of signal components, each signal component indicating a channel of an antenna port and an associated scrambling sequence, wherein a first one of the channels indicated by a first one of the signal components which is based on a first scrambling sequence is allocated to the receiver for data reception and a second one of the channels indicated by a second one of the signal components which is based on a second scrambling sequence different from the first scrambling sequence is interfering with the allocated channel. The receiver includes an interference reduction unit configured to combine an estimate of the first one of the signal components and an estimate of the second one of the signal components to provide an interference-reduced signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Rajarajan Balraj, Biljana Badic, Tobias Scholand
  • Patent number: 8630365
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a transceiver. The transceiver includes a transmitter having a first transmission path configured to transmit a digital baseband signal over a wireline medium. In addition, the transmitter has a second transmission path configured to transmit a radio frequency signal over a wireless medium. Other systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Lantiq Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Neurohr, Axel Clausen, Vladimir Oksman
  • Patent number: 8582497
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for minimizing power consumption in a communication system. Exemplary aspects of the invention may comprise configuring a supply voltage of an amplifier to enable communication of data using a first communication protocol during a first timeslot in a TDM frame, reconfiguring the supply voltage of the amplifier to enable communication of data using a different communication protocol, and adjusting the supply voltage of the amplifier in proportion to the envelope of a baseband signal conforming to one of the communication protocols. The first and second communication protocols may conform to various communication protocols, such as WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUDPA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WiMAX, OFDM, UWB, ZigBee, and Bluetooth. The baseband signal may be delayed by a number of samples before being input into the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8565352
    Abstract: Digital IQ imbalance compensation is utilized for a dual-carrier double conversion receiver. First, the effect of IQ imbalance on OFDM-based digital baseband is analyzed, showing that, in the presence of IQ imbalance, the baseband signal of each carrier is obtained from its own branch as well as the other branch. Second, IQ imbalance parameters of interest are estimated using pilot signals and compensated using only digital baseband processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Chester Park, Niklas Andgart
  • Patent number: 8565341
    Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a power amplifier includes an envelope detector, a limiter, and a combiner. The envelope detector is configured to sense an envelope component of an input signal. The limiter includes a PMOS (Positive channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor) transistor and an NMOS (Negative channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor) transistor. The PMOS transistor is configured to sense a phase component of the input signal. The phase component has a second-order distortion controlled within a predetermined range with respect to the input signal. The NMOS transistor is configured to sense a phase component of the input signal. The phase component has the same second-order distortion as the phase component sensed by the PMOS transistor. The combiner is configured to combine the envelope component sensed by the envelope detector and the phase component sensed by the limiter to generate an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Shouhei Kousai
  • Patent number: 8532592
    Abstract: A mixed-signal adaptive integrated circuit may comprise a primary function circuit, a digitally controlled analog sub-system cooperatively connected with the primary function circuit, and an on-chip signal analyzer. The on-chip signal analyzer may be arranged to analyze RF signals. The signal analyzer may comprise at least one multiplexor for selecting selected RF signals for comparison and analysis, and may comprise a digital signal processor (DSP) for analyzing the selected RF signals and adjusting at least one operational parameter of the digitally controlled analog sub-system responsive to the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Scintera Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Qian Yu, Abhijit G. Shanbhag, Yan Wang
  • Patent number: 8519877
    Abstract: A circuit for providing audio signals to a load such as a speaker is provided that uses the speaker or headphone amplifier structure as a current to voltage converter, thereby eliminating a separate current to voltage converter from the circuit. Such a design removes one of the elements that creates noise in the circuit architecture and improves the dynamic range for the audio signal. For example, the output of a digital to analog converter is a single ended output provided to the speaker or headphone amplifier. The digital to analog converter can include a series of current sources that are summed up to provide the single ended output. Where the current sources have positive and negative current source mismatch, a feedback mechanism is employed to correct for the mismatch and reduce introduction of harmonic noise into the signal through the digital to analog converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Shailendra Kumar Baranwal
  • Patent number: 8473284
    Abstract: A voice encoding/decoding method and apparatus. A voice encoder includes: a quantization selection unit generating a quantization selection signal; and a quantization unit extracting a linear prediction coding (LPC) coefficient from an input signal, converting the extracted LPC coefficient into a line spectral frequency (LSF), quantizing the LSF with a first LSF quantization unit or a second LSF quantization unit based on the quantization selection signal, and converting the quantized LSF into a quantized LPC coefficient. The quantization selection signal selects the first LSF quantization unit or second LSF quantization unit based on characteristics of a synthesized voice signal in previous frames of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kangeun Lee, Hosang Sung, Kihyun Choo
  • Patent number: 8467483
    Abstract: A radio-frequency apparatus includes an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes receiver analog circuitry, receiver digital circuitry, a digital-to-analog converter, and a signal selector. The receiver analog circuitry receives radio-frequency signals, and provides a first digital signal. The receiver digital circuitry receives the first digital signal, and provides a second digital signal. The digital-to-analog converter converts the second digital signal into a first analog signal. The signal selector receives the second digital signal and the first analog signal, and selectively provides one of the second digital signal and the first analog signal as an output signal of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: G. Diwakar Vishakhadatta, Donald A. Kerth, Jeffrey W. Scott, Richard T. Behrens, G. Tyson Tuttle, Vishnu S. Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 8451888
    Abstract: An impulse communication apparatus includes an impulse train generating part generating an impulse train from one modulated pulse by on-off keying, and an impulse train sending part sending the impulse train generated by the impulse train generating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Shigemi Kurashima, Masahiro Yanagi, Hiroto Inoue, Takuya Uchiyama, Takashi Arita, Hideki Iwata
  • Patent number: 8428208
    Abstract: A control circuit for receiving data transmitted by a data transmitting circuit and transmitting the received data to a data receiving circuit includes: a data receiving unit for receiving the data transmitted by the data transmitting circuit; a packet analyzing unit for judging whether the data received from the data transmitting circuit is a packet including history acquisition information and reading the history acquisition information from the received data; a history acquisition executing unit for starting or stopping acquiring the history information of the transmission and reception of the data according to the history acquisition information read by the packet analyzing unit to store the history information acquired; and a data transmitting unit for transmitting the packet including the history acquisition information or a packet other than the packet including the history acquisition information to the data receiving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Hideyuki Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 8402333
    Abstract: A data transmission device transmits coded packets and a code for decoding the coded packets to a receiving device. The data transmission device retransmits the coded packets and the code to the receiving device when failing to receive feedback information on a decoding success state of the coded packets from the receiving device. Accordingly, the data transmission device can increase the radio resource efficiency in the wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang-Hee Kim, Byung-Han Ryu
  • Publication number: 20120320953
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for increasing computational efficiency in a system that can receive an analog radio signal and a digital radio signal concurrently. One tuner is tuned to an analog frequency and the source of the output of the radio during this time is analog. When a digital radio signal is detected, acquired and the quality of the digital radio signal is above an upper threshold, a digital data path is activated and the analog data path is inactivated. At this time, the source of the output of the radio is digital. The quality of the digital radio signal continues to be monitored. When the quality of the digital radio signal falls below a lower threshold, the analog data path is activated and the digital data path is inactivated. During this time, the source of the output of the radio is analog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Trudy D. Stetzler, John Elliott Whitecar
  • Patent number: 8325786
    Abstract: There is a need for reducing the scale of a circuit that determines and decodes code types for reception signals coded with different codes. A reception logic circuit determines and decodes code types for reception signals coded with different codes. The reception logic circuit determines one of code types for a demodulation signal corresponding to the reception signal based on a difference between codes detected during a modulation period or a non-modulation period occurring in the demodulation signal. The reception logic circuit decodes the code type in accordance with the determined code type based on the modulation period or the non-modulation period that alternately occurs in the demodulation signal. In this manner, the received data is reproduced. There is no need for a decoder specific to each code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Sekiguchi, Mikihisa Orimo
  • Patent number: 8325787
    Abstract: A method for performing data transmission between a transmitter and a receiver. The method includes the steps of generating a feedback message at the receiver in response to data received from the transmitter, assigning an identifier for the feedback message, storing the feedback message in association with the identifier in the receiver, transmitting the feedback message and the identifier to the transmitter, determining, at the transmitter, transmission format for data to be transmitted to the receiver based on the feedback message received from the receiver; and transmitting data and a control message, by the transmitter, using the determined transmission format, with the control message comprising the identifier of the feedback message based on which the transmission format is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Farooq Khan
  • Patent number: 8325841
    Abstract: A method for transmitting signals to reduce feedback overhead and a method for transmitting feedback information for the same are described. In transmitting signals through precoding, different codebook subsets are used in an open-loop transmission mode and a closed-loop transmission mode, thereby reducing feedback overhead. In this case, it is assumed that the codebook subsets for the respective transmission modes are optimized according to each transmission mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moon Il Lee, Hyun Soo Ko, Bin Chul Ihm, Wook Bong Lee, Jae Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 8286067
    Abstract: A method for delivering control information together with sampled data between a DSP and an RF/analog front-end in a high speed communication modem, which embeds sampled data and control information in frames to be transferred over one interface. A frame may comprise various fields, each may consist of one or more bytes or octets. The frame may have a data field for carrying the sampled data, and at least one control field for transferring the control information to update RF/analog front-end registers. The control field may include an octet containing a control address, an octet containing a control command, and an octet containing control data. The frame may also provide means of synchronization, e.g., by using a sync field to identify the frame boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Friedman, Reza Alavi, Raju Hormis, Leo Montreuil
  • Patent number: 8279989
    Abstract: A baud rate acquisition circuit (10) for synchronizing a sampling signal with an input signal operates in broad rate sweeping and a rate fine tuning phases. In the rate sweeping phase, a timing error detector (24) examines the sampling signal generated by a decimator (16). If the sampling signal is outside a rate acquisition range from the target rate, a rate sweeping algorithm selects a new sampling rate. In response to the sampling rate within the rate acquisition range, the timing error detector (24) examines the asymmetry thereof to generate a rate correction signal to synchronize the sampling signal with the input signal. Next in the rate fine tuning phase, a multiplexer (22) routes the sampling signal through a square root filter (18). By examining the waveform shaped signal, the time error detector (24) synchronizes the sampling signal with the input signal with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Entropic Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Shen, Liping Chen
  • Patent number: 8249543
    Abstract: Integrated low-IF (low intermediate frequency) data receivers and associated methods are disclosed that provide advantageous and cost-efficient solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: G. Tyson Tuttle, Dan B. Kasha
  • Patent number: 8238285
    Abstract: A method for regulating power in a front-end circuit, the method includes determining, along a first communication path, an envelope of a baseband signal; generating at least one voltage control signal based on the determined envelope of the baseband signal; and adjusting one or both of power and/or gain of the front-end circuit using the generated at least one voltage control signal. The baseband signal is communicated to the front-end circuit using a second communication path. Signal delay along the second communication path is matched with signal delay along the first communication path. The at least one voltage control signal comprises a supply voltage signal and a bias voltage signal. The power of the front-end circuit may be adjusted using the supply voltage signal. The gain of the front-end circuit may be adjusted using the bias voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8208033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a network enabled digital video camera arranged to be connected to a digital network. The network enabled digital video camera includes a digital network module arranged to transmit and receive digital signals, an input/output port being an electrical connector and being connected to the digital network module, and an analog video generator arranged to output an analog video signal. The input/output port connected to the digital network module is also connected to the analog video generator. The present invention also relates to an adaptor used to connect the network enabled digital video camera to an off-the-shelf video preview device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Axis AB
    Inventors: Stefan Lundberg, Jon Hansson
  • Patent number: 8155231
    Abstract: A method for selecting an antenna in an orthogonalized spatial multiplexing system. Upon receipt of at least one symbol from a transmitter via multiple receive antennas, a receiver decodes each of the received symbols; determines a rotation angle between the received symbols, and selects an optimal subset of transmit antennas using a distance between vectors of the decoded symbols; generates feedback information including the determined rotation angle and the selected optimal subset, and transmits the generated feedback information to the transmitter. Upon receipt of the feedback information, the transmitter beam-forms an antenna corresponding to the optimal subset depending on the received feedback information, and transmits a data symbol to the receiver. The receiver detects each of data symbols received from the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Kyung-Hun Jang, In-Kyu Lee, Dong-Jun Lee, Heun-Chul Lee, Jung-Hoon Suh, Young-Soo Kim, Hyo-Sun Hwang
  • Patent number: 8145150
    Abstract: A mixed-signal adaptive integrated circuit may comprise a primary function circuit, a digitally controlled analog sub-system cooperatively connected with the primary function circuit, and an on-chip signal analyzer. The on-chip signal analyzer may be arranged to analyze RF signals. The signal analyzer may comprise at least one multiplexor for selecting selected RF signals for comparison and analysis, and may comprise a digital signal processor (DSP) for analyzing the selected RF signals and adjusting at least one operational parameter of the digitally controlled analog sub-system responsive to the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Scintera Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Qian Yu, Abhijit G. Shanbhag, Yan Wang
  • Patent number: 8126080
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a circuit for encoding at least two input symbols by means of a space-time block code, comprising a plurality of multiplexers, each arranged to receive the input symbols and to output a selected symbol, storing means for storing information on which input symbol is to be selected in each multiplexer of the plurality of multiplexers and for storing gain factor information to multiply the multiplexer outputs with, calculation means, coupled with the storing means, for determining an encoded version of the input symbols based on the multiplexer outputs and corresponding gain factors stored in the storing means. The invention further discloses a corresponding circuit for space-time block decoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Agient Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Gregoire, Wouter De Win, Nico Lugil
  • Patent number: 8121214
    Abstract: A novel and useful apparatus for and method of local oscillator (LO) generation with non-integer multiplication ratio between the local oscillator and RF frequencies. The LO generation schemes presented are operative to generate I and Q square waves at a designated frequency while avoiding the well known issue of harmonic pulling. A synthesizer provides 4/3 the desired frequency fRF. This frequency is divided by two to obtain in-phase and quadrature square waves at ? fRF. The in-phase signal is divided by two again to obtain in-phase and quadrature square waves at ? fRF. The signals are then logically combined using XOR operations to obtain I and Q branch signals containing spectral spurs. Since the spurs are located in non-disturbing bands, they can be filtered out resulting in the desired output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Nir Tal, Yossi Tsfaty, Robert B. Staszewski, Gregory Lerner
  • Publication number: 20120020389
    Abstract: A technique to remove second order and third order nonlinearity distortions caused by a blocker signal at an input of a radio receiver. An envelope detector is utilized at an input of the RF front-end of the receiver to obtain a magnitude of the overall signal. The output of the envelope detector is then processed at baseband to estimate coefficients that relate to the distortion. Once the coefficients are obtained, the coefficients are applied at an I/Q imbalance correction stage to also correct for the distortion by cancelling the distortion from the received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohyee Mikhemar, Hooman Darabi
  • Patent number: 8098718
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes a mismatch shaping feedback vector quantizer configured to store state information in expanded format using One-Hot Encoding of a matrix. The expanded state format storage enables implementation of a simplified state sorter for the vector feedback mechanism of the vector quantizer. The simplified state sorter may minimize the variance of ones (or other symbols representing state values) in the matrix, and allow performing sorting in a reduced number of clock cycles. For example, sorting may be performed on a predetermined edge of single clock cycle, or on two edges of the same clock cycle. The matrix may be normalized periodically or as needed, to avoid overflow and underflow. The DAC may be used as a quantizer of a modulator of an access terminal in a cellular communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew D. Sienko, Joseph G. Hamilton, Iain W. Finlay
  • Patent number: 8094052
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamically selecting circuit elements to combat mismatches are described. In one design, an apparatus includes first, second, and third circuits. The first circuit receives input data and provides first signals that are asserted based on the input data, e.g., with thermometer decoding. The second circuit receives the first signals and provides second signals used to select circuit elements, e.g., current sources, capacitors, resistors, etc. The third circuit generates a control for the second circuit, and the second circuit maps the first signals to the second signals based on this control. In one design, the second circuit includes a set of multiplexers and a control circuit. The multiplexers provides the first signals, circularly rotated by an amount determined by the control, as the second signals. The control circuit accumulates control data (e.g., the input data, pseudo-random data, or a fixed value) with the current control value to obtain new control value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hayg-Taniel Dabag, Dongwon Seo, Gene H. McAllister
  • Patent number: 8073040
    Abstract: A serial communications protocol is provided that has mandatory features such as an idle code feature and optional features such as an optional automatic lane polarity reversal feature and an optional automatic lane order reversal feature, an optional clock tolerance compensation feature, an optional flow control feature, and an optional retry-on-error feature. A user that desires to create a protocol-compliant integrated circuit design can either choose to include or to not include the optional features. Integrated circuits in which the optional features are implemented are able to perform the associated functions. Integrated circuits in which the optional features have not been implemented are not able to perform these functions, but can be fabricated using fewer circuit resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Allen Chan, Faisal Dada, Karl Lu, Bryon Moyer, Venkat Yadavalli, Arye Ziklik
  • Patent number: 8031651
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for minimizing power consumption in a communication system. Exemplary aspects of the invention may comprise configuring a supply voltage of an amplifier to enable communication of data using a first communication protocol during a first timeslot in a TDM frame, reconfiguring the supply voltage of the amplifier to enable communication of data using a different communication protocol, and adjusting the supply voltage of the amplifier in proportion to the envelope of a baseband signal conforming to one of the communication protocols. The first and second communication protocols may conform to various communication protocols, such as WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUDPA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WiMAX, OFDM, UWB, ZigBee, and Bluetooth. The baseband signal may be delayed by a number of samples before being input into the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventor: Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Publication number: 20110235688
    Abstract: A receiving device includes: a receiver that receives frequency multiplex signal; a first Fourier transformation unit that transforms the received frequency multiplex signal to frequency domain signal; a first time-domain waveform generator that generates a first time-domain waveform by performing inverse Fourier transformation of a plurality of pilot signals which are inserted into the frequency multiplex signal; a second time-domain waveform generator that generates a second time-domain waveform having an aliasing period on the basis of the received frequency multiplex signal; a second Fourier transformation unit that synthesizes the first time-domain waveform to the second time-domain waveform and transforms the synthesized time-domain waveform to frequency-domain information; and a propagation-path compensation unit that compensates a propagation-path of the frequency multiplex signal which is output from the first Fourier transformation unit in accordance with information transformed by the second Fourie
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masataka UMEDA
  • Patent number: 8004438
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamically selecting circuit elements to combat mismatches are described. In one design, an apparatus includes first, second, and third circuits. The first circuit receives input data and provides first signals that are asserted based on the input data, e.g., with thermometer decoding. The second circuit receives the first signals and provides second signals used to select circuit elements, e.g., current sources, capacitors, resistors, etc. The third circuit generates a control for the second circuit, and the second circuit maps the first signals to the second signals based on this control. In one design, the second circuit includes a set of multiplexers and a control circuit. The multiplexers provides the first signals, circularly rotated by an amount determined by the control, as the second signals. The control circuit accumulates control data (e.g., the input data, pseudo-random data, or a fixed value) with the current control value to obtain new control value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hayg-Taniel Dabag, Dongwon Seo, Gene H. McAllister
  • Patent number: 7995666
    Abstract: In a method for synchronizing a receiver to a synchronous signal, in a signal having been processed based on an automatic gain control (AGC) with a varying gain, a symbol is detected. An estimated beginning of a subsequent frame is determined based on the detected symbol. A gain of the AGC is fixed for a period during which the estimated start of the subsequent frame is processed by the AGC. A transform of the signal is analyzed to determine if the estimated start of the subsequent frame corresponds to an actual start of the subsequent frame. If the estimated start of the subsequent frame does not corresponds to the actual start of the subsequent frame, the gain of the AGC is allowed to resume varying and, a further symbol in the signal is detected, the signal having been processed based on the varying gain of the AGC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Qing Zhao, Jungwon Lee, Leilei Song, Songping Wu, Hui-Ling Lou
  • Publication number: 20110158296
    Abstract: When switching from a digital broadcast to a analog broadcast, a broadcast receiver switches to the analog broadcast after adjusting the reproduced frequency band and the degree of left-right separation of the digital broadcast to be equal to the values of the analog broadcast specified from the receiving state of the analog broadcast respectively, and, when switching from the analog broadcast to the digital broadcast, after adjusting the reproduced frequency band and the degree of left-right separation of the digital broadcast to be equal to the specified values of the analog broadcast respectively and then switching to the digital broadcast, adjusts the reproduced frequency band and the degree of left-right separation of the digital broadcast to be equal to values set for the digital broadcast respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Nakata
  • Patent number: 7957454
    Abstract: There is provided a transmitter that transmits data in a spread spectrum communications system including a spread modulation portion spreading transmitting data with a spread code, an RZ conversion portion converting the transmitting data spread to an RZ signal, and an impulse sequence conversion portion multiplying the RZ signal by an impulse sequence to convert the RZ signal to an impulse radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Takuya Uchiyama, Shigemi Kurashima
  • Patent number: 7945225
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for combining digital sidebands with an FM analog signal for IBOC transmission by a single antenna. Specifically, a high power filter combiner for combining an FM analog and a digital signal of the same channel, or frequency, is disclosed. The combiner has two inputs that respectively receive an FM analog and a digital signal to be transmitted in the same FM channel. The combiner has mild tuned filters interposed between the inputs and the output which are tuned to pass the FM analog signal while reflecting the digital signal such that the passed FM analog signal and the reflected digital signal combine as IBOC, i.e., an FM analog signal with digital sideband signals. The combined IBOC signal is provided at an output of the combiner, capable for transmission through a single antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: MYAT, Inc.
    Inventor: Derek J. Small
  • Publication number: 20110103435
    Abstract: A receiver including a plurality of antennas for receiving at least one radio signal, an analog processing path in signal communication with at least one of the antennas, a digital processing path in signal communication with at least one of the antennas, and a processor for controlling a processing of the at least one radio signal, wherein the at least one radio signal is processed by at least one of the analog processing path and the digital processing path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: J. William Whikehart
  • Patent number: 7908172
    Abstract: A method and system is presented for coordinating the transmission of supplemental digital data to accompany broadcast data, and in particular, analog radio broadcasts, among a plurality of broadcasters. The supplemental digital data may provide information about the particular broadcast data being transmitted (i.e. cut data) or may be supplemental to such data (i.e. news, weather and traffic data). The supplemental digital data to be presented is sorted based on particular algorithms which may take into account broadcaster-specified criteria such as target audience, time of day, type of broadcast data presented, and the like. The supplemental digital data may be audio data, visual data, or audio-visual data for presentation with the broadcast data. The supplemental digital data may further be advertisement data. The advertisement data may be sold by the broadcasters or the party coordinating the IBOC transmission of the supplemental digital data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Impulse Radio Inc
    Inventors: David Corts, Bryce Wells, Paul Signorelli, Lee Hunter, Terrance Snyder
  • Patent number: RE43800
    Abstract: A large amount of user information is transmitted with good efficiency by means of a high-speed downlink by making transmission rates of an uplink circuit and a downlink asymmetrical. The radio communication system includes a plurality of base stations, a plurality of terminals, an uplink established between each of the base stations and each of the terminals for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed information from a terminal to a base station, and a downlink circuit established between each of the terminals and each of the base station for the purpose of radio transmission of prescribed data from a base station to a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mutsumu Serizawa, Nobuyasu Nakajima, Koji Ogura, Minoru Namekata, Takashi Wakutsu, Manabu Mukai