Power Amplifier Patents (Class 375/297)
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Patent number: 11038731Abstract: Disclosed are crest factor reduction (CFR) implementations that include a method comprising getting communication system data representative of characteristics of a communication system comprising one or more radio transmission bands, and optimizing, based at least in part on the input communication system data, a plurality of updateable parameters that determine respective pulse shapes for one or more pulses as well as other certain algorithm execution parameters for use in the CFR system. Optimizing the plurality of updateable parameters includes iteratively updating the plurality of updateable parameters based on iterative evaluation of a plurality of performance parameters. The method further includes providing the optimized plurality of updateable parameters to configure the crest reduction system for use in processing signals for radio transmission using a pulse subtraction approach applied to one or more signals communicated through the communication system.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: NanoSemi, Inc.Inventors: Dmitri Fomin, Alexandre Megretski, Kevin Chuang, Zohaib Mahmood, Yan Li, Helen H. Kim, George Stone
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Patent number: 11032037Abstract: Implementations described herein are directed to satellite transmitters and receivers for applying OFDM-like signaling in broadband satellite transmissions. In such systems, one or more data signals may be shaped and composited into a composite data signal at an OFDM-like transmitter for transmission over a satellite channel. The data signals that are carried over the satellite channel by the composited signal may have their own carrier, and each signal may carry multiple OFDM subcarriers. Further implementations are directed to correcting for distortion in satellite communications systems that utilize OFDM-like signaling.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Bassel F. Beidas, Rohit Iyer Seshadri
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Patent number: 11009597Abstract: A radar system includes a transmitter to transmit a sequence of pulses, a receiver to receive reflections of the transmitted pulses, and velocity detection circuitry to determine a velocity of an object in a path of the transmitted pulses based at least in part on the transmitted pulses and the reflected pulses. The transmitter includes a plurality of digital-to-analog converters (DACs) to generate the sequence of pulses in response to a clock signal. The receiver includes a plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) to sample the reflected pulses in response to the clock signal. Accordingly, the ADCs are locked in phase with the DACs.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.Inventors: Brendan Farley, Christophe Erdmann, Bob W. Verbruggen
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Patent number: 10972051Abstract: A power amplifier circuit includes a first amplifier that amplifies an input signal and outputs an output signal; a second amplifier that, in accordance with a control signal, amplifies a signal corresponding to the input signal, generates a signal having an opposite phase to that of the output signal, and adds the signal to the output signal; and a control circuit that supplies the control signal to the second amplifier. The control circuit outputs the control signal so that during operation of the power amplifier circuit in a first power mode, a gain of the second amplifier is not less than zero and less than a predetermined level and during operation in a second power mode lower than the first power mode in output power level, a gain of the second amplifier is not less than the predetermined level and less than a gain of the first amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Satoshi Arayashiki, Kazuo Watanabe
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Patent number: 10958218Abstract: Apparatus and methods for bias switching of power amplifiers are provided herein. In certain configurations, a power amplifier system includes a power amplifier that provides amplification to a radio frequency (RF) signal, a power management circuit that controls a voltage level of a supply voltage of the power amplifier, and a bias control circuit that biases the power amplifier. The power management circuit is operable in multiple supply control modes, such as an average power tracking (APT) mode and an envelope tracking (ET) mode. The bias control circuit is configured to switch a bias of the power amplifier based on the supply control mode of the power management circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Netsanet Gebeyehu, Srivatsan Jayaraman, Edward James Anthony
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Patent number: 10951247Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for channelizing a wideband waveform for transmission on a spectral band comprising unavailable channel segments are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for transmitting and receiving wideband waveforms when channels of a system bandwidth are unavailable for transmission. A transmitter may separate a first wideband signal into segments, with each segment a bandwidth corresponding to a channel of the system bandwidth, and may map the segments to the available channels. The transmitter may combine the mapped segments into a second wideband waveform and transmit the second wideband waveform using the available channels. A receiver may receive a first wideband signal waveform and may separate the first wideband signal waveform into segments, de-map the segments and combine the de-mapped segments into a second wideband waveform for demodulation. The techniques may be used to transmit and receive wideband waveforms over tactical data links.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: VIASAT, INC.Inventors: Michael T. Kretsch, David C. Jacobs, David J. Trusheim, Robert T. Short
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Patent number: 10944361Abstract: A system includes a Zero IF transmitter having a mixer and a programmable gain stage. The Zero IF transmitter also includes an intermediate stage between the mixer and the programmable gain stage, wherein the intermediate stage is configured to decouple the mixer and the programmable gain stage.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Rahul Sharma, Jagannathan Venkataraman, Eeshan Miglani, Sandeep Kesrimal Oswal
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Patent number: 10938424Abstract: A communication system receives an input signal along a signal processing path and generates a converted output signal via a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The signal processing path branches into two different branches, a magnitude branch and a sign branch for different components of the baseband signal. A local oscillator (LO) provides a carrier signal to the signal processing path at the DAC and further generates an LO leakage signal comprising a signed LO leakage and an unsigned LO leakage during the up-conversion of signals of the sign branch with a carrier. An unsigned LO suppression component is configured to reduce or eliminate the unsigned LO leakage and a signed LO suppression component is configured to reduce or eliminate the signed LO leakage form a baseband signal of the signal processing path.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Christian Mayer, Jovan Markovic
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Patent number: 10897276Abstract: Disclosed are implementations for digital predistortion of signals provided to a radio frequency (RF) transmission path configured to transmit radio signals in a plurality of subbands within a spectral range, including a method that includes configuring a digital predistorter for predistorting signals comprising arbitrary spectral content within the spectral range. The configuring includes acquiring data samples representing operation of the RF transmission path to transmit radio signals in different subbands, each sample including a digital input signal representing spectral content concentrated in a respective subband, and updating parameters of the digital predistorter according to the acquired data samples to mitigate non-linear characteristics of the RF transmission path.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: NanoSemi, Inc.Inventors: Alexandre Megretski, Kevin Chuang, Yan Li, Zohaib Mahmood, Helen H. Kim
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Patent number: 10841018Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: applying beam shape coefficients for obtaining a beam shape output for a linear part of the beam formed by an array of transmitters, each transmitter being associated with a respective transmit path comprising a respective power amplifier; varying the output characteristics of at least one transmit path to increase nonlinear characteristics between the transmit paths to provide a beam shape for a non-linear part of the beam; linearizing the output of the array by: determining linearization coefficients for the array for digitally predistorting the input signal to the array; and applying the linearization coefficients to the signal input to the array; and calibrating the transmitter array by: measuring error distributions over at least two transmit paths; modifying the beam shape coefficients to better obtain the beam shapes subsequent to the linearization; and applying the modified beam shape coefficients to the array of transmitters.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Nuutti Tervo, Marko Leinonen, Aarno Tapio Pärssinen
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Patent number: 10826594Abstract: A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) capable system is contemplated. The communication system may include a signal processor configured to separate an input stream into multiple signal paths to facilitate simultaneous transport through a communication medium. The capability to simultaneously transmit multiples signal paths may be beneficial in order to maximize throughput and/or minimize expense.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Luis Alberto Campos, Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Joey Padden, Ian MacMillan
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Patent number: 10797736Abstract: A radio-frequency power amplification circuit includes: a power amplification sub-circuit and an output matching sub-circuit, wherein the power amplification sub-circuit is used for selecting, according to a received control signal corresponding to a radio-frequency mode, a power amplification parameter corresponding to the radio-frequency mode to amplify a received radio-frequency signal, and outputting the amplified radio-frequency signal; the output matching sub-circuit is connected to the power amplification sub-circuit and is used for receiving the amplified radio-frequency signal, and transmitting, according to the control signal, the amplified radio-frequency signal by using an impedance corresponding to the radio-frequency mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: SMARTER MICROELECTRONICS (GUANG ZHOU) CO., LTD.Inventors: Baiming Xu, Qiang Su, Yang Li, Jiangtao Yi
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Patent number: 10784904Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for transceiver architecture for millimeter wave wireless communications. A device may include two transceiver chip modules configured to communicate in different frequency ranges. The first transceiver chip module may include a baseband sub-module, a first radio frequency front end (RFFE) component and associated antenna array. The second transceiver chip module may include a second RFFE component and associated antenna array. The second transceiver chip module may be separate from the first transceiver chip module. The second transceiver chip module may be electrically coupled to the baseband sub-module of the first transceiver chip module.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Haim Mendel Weissman, Lior Raviv, Xiaoyin He, Vladimir Aparin
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Patent number: 10763904Abstract: Disclosed are digital predistortion implementations, including a method that includes collecting data for a wireless device with a transmit chain that includes at least one power amplifier that produces output with non-linear distortions, the data including data records that each includes input signal data and corresponding output signal data for the transmit chain, and with each record being associated with a set of operating conditions values, and with a variety measure representative of an extent of distinguishability of the record from other data records. The method further includes selecting at least some of the data records according to a variety criterion computed based on the variety measure for each record, computing, based on the selected records, digital predistortion parameters used to control a digital predistorter of the wireless device, and applying the digital predistorter, configured with the computed digital predistortion parameters, to subsequent input signals.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: NanoSemi, Inc.Inventors: Alexandre Megretski, Kevin Chuang, Yan Li, Zohaib Mahmood, Helen H. Kim
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Patent number: 10763795Abstract: The present invention, which relates to a multi-path communication device for sharing a feedback path for digital pre-distortion, includes: a DPD processing unit configured to output a plurality of pre-distorted signals by respectively pre-distorting a plurality of input signals, to output an nth control signal when an nth input signal is input, and to output an nth pre-distorted signal using an nth feedback signal input in response to the nth control signal; a power amplifying unit configured to amplify each of the plurality of pre-distorted signals and output a plurality of amplified signals; a signal combining unit configured to combine some of each of the plurality of amplified signals and output combined feedback signal; and a signal selection unit configured to select and output only the nth feedback signal from the combined feedback signal according to the input nth control signal, thereby preventing an increase in the size of a device and manufacturing cost thereof caused by a plurality of DPD feedbacType: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventors: Kwang Nam Seo, Do Yoon Kim, Hyoung Ho Kim
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Patent number: 10764078Abstract: A transmitter is configured to generate a DOCSIS signal for transmission onto a frequency-selective coaxial cable. The transmitter comprises a first reverse tilt filter circuit, a digital predistortion circuit, a forward tilt filter, a wideband equalizer, a second reverse tilt filter, and a power amplifier. The responses of the tilt filters may be set based on the frequency response of the frequency-selective coaxial cable to which the transmitter is intended to be coupled. The predistortion circuit may compensate for distortion introduced by circuitry of the transmitter. The equalizer circuit may be operable to compensate for undesired linear response of other circuitry of the transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Mario Milicevic, Ioannis Spyropoulos
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Patent number: 10763806Abstract: An envelope tracking device includes a fine slot peak tracking (FSPT) circuit, at least one power amplifier, and an envelope modulator. The FSPT circuit is connected to the power amplifier through the envelope modulator. The FSPT circuit generates envelope signals based on input signals, adds an offset to the envelope signals, and expands and smoothes the added envelope signals. The envelope modulator generates envelope voltage signals according to the smoothed envelope signals, and outputs the signals to drain of the power amplifier. The envelope voltage signals are time-aligned with the amplified signals which are transmitted to gate of the power amplifier.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Chiun Mai Communcation Systems, Inc.Inventor: Kwo-Jyr Wong
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Patent number: 10749485Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a digital predistortion processing apparatus, where the apparatus includes an analog-to-digital conversion unit and n digital predistortion elements. The analog-to-digital conversion unit is connected to the n digital predistortion elements. Each digital predistortion element is configured to receive n input signals, perform digital predistortion processing on the n input signals, and then output n processed signals. The analog-to-digital conversion unit is configured to receive the n processed signals, perform signal extraction based on the n processed signals, and output an extracted signal, where a rate of the extracted signal is the same as a rate of each of the n processed signals. For an ultra-large-bandwidth signal, DPD correction may be performed without increasing a technical level of existing components such as an FPGA and an ADC, thereby greatly reducing implementation costs.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yiwei Hong, Xianglin Li, Yuxiang Xiao
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Patent number: 10749553Abstract: A method of operating a communications system includes receiving a signal at a digital predistorter (DPD), introducing predistortion to the signal using the DPD, and converting the predistorted signal to an analog signal using a digital-to-analog converter having a first bandwidth. The method also includes amplifying the analog signal, sampling the amplified signal using an analog-to-digital converter having a second bandwidth less than the first bandwidth, and extracting coefficients of the DPD from the sampled signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: DALI SYSTEMS CO. LTDInventors: Wan-Jong Kim, Shawn Patrick Stapleton
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Patent number: 10742474Abstract: An envelope tracking (ET) amplifier circuit is provided. The voltage mDPD circuit is provided in an ET amplifier circuit and configured to determine a voltage deviation relative to an ET modulated target voltage signal, execute an mDPD polynomial in one or more iterations to extract an mDPD coefficient(s), and adjust a time-variant target voltage envelope of the ET modulated target voltage signal based on the mDPD coefficient(s) extracted in each of the mDPD iterations to reduce the voltage deviation to a predefined threshold. By reducing the voltage deviation in the ET modulated voltage, it is possible improve linearity (e.g., gain linearity) of the ET amplifier circuit, which can lead to reduced power consumption and improved radio frequency (RF) performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Nadim Khlat, Jean-Frederic Chiron, Andrew F. Folkmann
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Patent number: 10736134Abstract: Techniques for a user equipment to perform uplink communication in a wireless communication system. The user equipment performs operations that include: receiving configuration information for a codebook set related with a modulation scheme; receiving a UL grant including a specific codeword index; selecting a codebook based on the specific codeword index included in the codebook set; and transmitting data based on the selected codebook, wherein the codebook set includes a plurality of codebooks predefined for non-orthogonal coded multiple access (NCMA) scheme based communication, and wherein the codebook set is configured based on a spreading factor or an overloading factor.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hojae Lee, Sangrim Lee, Dongkyu Kim, Kwangseok Noh
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Patent number: 10700722Abstract: An example communication system includes a frequency-segmented power amplifier (PA) circuit that includes a plurality of PA segments. Each PA segment is configured to amplify a portion of a PA input signal in a different frequency band to generate a respective output signal (PA segment output signal). The frequency-segmented PA circuit further includes a combiner, configured to combine PA segment output signals from different PA segments to provide a power-amplified version of the PA input signal. Implementing such a frequency-segmented PA circuit may result in significant improvement in PA efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANYInventor: Patrick Pratt
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Patent number: 10700720Abstract: A wireless transmitter is disclosed. The wireless transmitter includes a digital signal generator arranged to generate a digital signal for transmission, a digital-to-analog converter arranged to convert the digital signal for transmission into analog form and a non-ideal amplifier arranged to amplify the analog signal for transmission. At least one harmonic reduction signal generator is arranged to generate at least one digital harmonic reduction signal and a summing junction is arranged to add the digital signal for transmission with the at least one harmonic reduction signal to form a combined signal. The non-ideal amplifier amplifies the combined signal to form an analog output signal. A controller is coupled to the digital signal generator and the at least one harmonic reduction signal generator.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventor: Siegfried Arnold
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Patent number: 10680559Abstract: An envelope tracking (ET) system is provided. The ET amplifies a radio frequency (RF) signal correspond to an amplitude bandwidth exceeding a voltage modulation bandwidth limitation of the ET system. The ET system compresses the amplitude bandwidth to match the voltage modulation bandwidth of the ET system. More specifically, the ET system compresses a predefined voltage waveform, which tracks time-variant amplitudes of a digital form of the RF signal, to generate a modified voltage waveform at a reduced bandwidth. To ensure that signal distortion(s) resulted from the bandwidth compression can be corrected, the ET system nonlinearly modifies predefined amplitude(s) of the predefined voltage waveform to generate modified amplitude(s) of the modified voltage waveform that is never less than the predefined amplitude(s) of the predefined voltage waveform. As such, the ET system can amplify the RF signal with improved linearity and efficiency, without degrading spectral performance of the RF signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Nadim Khlat, Andrew F. Folkmann
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Patent number: 10659009Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for attenuator phase compensation are described. In an embodiment, a method for attenuator phase compensation involves determining a phase compensation value for an attenuator based on an attenuation configuration of the attenuator and performing phase compensation according to the phase compensation value to maintain a constant phase response.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Gernot Hueber, Ian Thomas Macnamara
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Patent number: 10659091Abstract: A digitally-controlled power amplifier (DPA) includes a radio frequency digital-to-analog converter (RF-DAC) constructed from nonlinearly weighted PA segments, a multiphase RF drive signal generator that drives the PA segments, and overdrive voltage control circuitry. The nonlinear weighting of the PA segments intrinsically compensates for amplitude-code-word dependent amplitude distortion (ACW-AM distortion) involved in the operation of the RF-DAC and the multiphase RF drive signal generator facilitates ACW-dependent phase distortion (ACW-PM distortion) reduction, thus obviating the need for complicated and efficiency-degrading digital predistortion. The overdrive voltage control circuitry is used to fine tune the RF output of the DPA and compensate for other non-idealities and external influences such as process, voltage, temperature (PVT), frequency and/or load impedance variations.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Technische Universiteit DelftInventors: Mohsen Hashemi, Leonardus Cornelis Nicolaas de Vreede
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Patent number: 10637712Abstract: Included are a first signal exchanger for exchanging a TXI signal and a TXQ signal output from a transmission baseband unit to signal paths and a TX control unit for controlling generation of the TXI signal and the TXQ signal in the transmission baseband unit on the basis of a measurement result of a reception baseband unit before and after exchange of the signals by the first signal exchanger. As a result, a transceiver only needs to have a single local signal generating unit mounted thereon as a local signal generating unit that is an analog circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hideyuki Nakamizo, Kenichi Tajima
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Patent number: 10637415Abstract: A linearity improving system and a linearity improving method are provided. The linearity improving system includes a coupler, a downconverter and a transformer. The coupler is configured to couple a part of an input RF signal. The downconverter coupled to the coupler converts the input RF signal to a fundamental frequency and outputs a modulation signal. The transformer coupled to the downconverter adjusts a phase and a power of the modulation signal. After the input RF signal and the modulation signal being adjusted are inputted to an amplifier, the amplifier outputs an output RF signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yu-Cheng Liu, Chih-Chun Shen
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Patent number: 10615754Abstract: A method is provided. The method, comprises: power amplifying, with at least two parallel power amplifiers, at least two pre-distorted signals each corresponding to a unique transmit band, wherein each power amplifier operates in a unique transmit band; and pre-distorting, with a single pre-distortion system, at least two signals in different transmit bands, where the pre-distortion of each of the at least two signals is based upon a portion of a corresponding power amplified, pre-distorted signal, and where the pre-distortion diminishes certain IMD products in the corresponding power amplified, pre-distorted signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Patrick Braun, Joerg Stefanik, Mohammed Dokni, Peter Schmid, Rainer Friedrich
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Patent number: 10594270Abstract: A supply modulator for a polar power amplifier and method for operating the same are disclosed. An apparatus includes an amplifier having an input for receiving a phase modulated (PM) signal. A modulator is arranged to receive an amplitude modulated (AM) signal and provide a supply voltage to the amplifier, the supply voltage varying based on the AM signal. A detector circuit may detect the supply voltage exceeding a first threshold or falling below a second threshold. The detector circuit includes a current source arranged to provide a bias current to the modulator. When the supply voltage exceeds the first threshold, the detector causes an increase in the bias current provided to the modulator. Similarly, when the supply voltage falls below a second threshold, the detector causes an increase of the bias current supplied to the modulator.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Utku Seckin
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Patent number: 10587315Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for multiple-input multiple-output impairment pre-compensation comprising: receiving a multiple-input signal; generating a pre-distorted multiple-input signal from the received multiple-input signal; generating a multiple-output signal by feeding the pre-distorted multiple-input signal into a multiple-input and multiple-output transmitter; estimating impairments generated by the multiple-input and multiple-output transmitter; and adjusting the pre-distorted multiple-input signal to compensate for the estimated impairments. The present invention also relates to a pre-compensator for use with a multiple-input and multiple-output transmitter, comprising: a multiple-input for receiving a multiple-input signal; a matrix of pre-processing cells for generating a pre-distorted multiple-input signal from the received multiple-input signal; and a multiple-output for feeding the pre-distorted multiple-input signal to the multiple-input and multiple-output transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Inventor: Fadhel M Ghannouchi
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Patent number: 10567148Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to use of digital predistortion in the context of full-duplex radio. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes one or more antennas and is configured to simultaneously transmit and receive wireless signals via at least partially overlapping frequency resources using the one or more antennas. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes receive chain circuitry that is configured to process both wireless signals transmitted by the apparatus via the one or more antennas and over-the-air wireless signals from one or more other computing devices. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes one or more processing elements configured to determine one or more digital predistortion parameters based on the wireless signals transmitted by the apparatus via the one or more antennas and processed by the receive chain circuitry and apply predistortion to transmitted wireless signals based on the one or more digital predistortion parameters.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventors: James Wesley McCoy, Takao Inoue, Jaeweon Kim
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Patent number: 10568039Abstract: An electronic device supporting beamforming and a method of operating the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first amplifier configured to amplify a first signal and a second amplifier for amplifying a second signal, a power control module configured to generate first power control information based at least on a first attribute of the first signal and generate second power control information based at least on the first power control information and a second attribute of the second signal, and at least one power supply module configured to control power supplied to the first amplifier based at least on the first power control information and control power supplied to the second amplifier based at least on the second power control information.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungchul Park, Wonjoon Choi
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Patent number: 10547481Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a clipping method and an apparatus. The clipping apparatus is a base station, and the base station includes a baseband unit (BBU) and a remote radio unit (RRU). The BBU includes a first processor, and the RRU includes a second processor. The first processor is configured to: perform clipping after combining N input carriers, and output N carriers obtained after a first level of clipping; and the second processor is configured to: perform clipping after combining the N carriers obtained after the first level of clipping, and output N carriers obtained after a second level of clipping, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The base station separately performs clipping at the BBU and the RRU, so that the base station can flexibly select, a baseband processing board or a baseband chip to deploy the first level of clipping.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jianzhong Yao
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Patent number: 10536120Abstract: The present invention, which relates to a multi-path communication device for sharing a feedback path for digital pre-distortion, includes: a DPD processing unit configured to output a plurality of pre-distorted signals by respectively pre-distorting a plurality of input signals, to output an nth control signal when an nth input signal is input, and to output an nth pre-distorted signal using an nth feedback signal input in response to the nth control signal; a power amplifying unit configured to amplify each of the plurality of pre-distorted signals and output a plurality of amplified signals; a signal combining unit configured to combine some of each of the plurality of amplified signals and output combined feedback signal; and a signal selection unit configured to select and output only the nth feedback signal from the combined feedback signal according to the input nth control signal, thereby preventing an increase in the size of a device and manufacturing cost thereof caused by a plurality of DPD feedbacType: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: SOLiD, INC.Inventors: Kwang Nam Seo, Do Yoon Kim, Hyoung Ho Kim
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Patent number: 10516423Abstract: A polar transmitter provided for transmitting a phase/frequency modulated and amplitude modulated transmit signal and a method for generating a transmit signal using a polar transmitter are described. An example polar transmitter comprises a phase locked loop for generating a phase/frequency modulated precursor of the transmit signal. The phase locked loop comprises at its input a phase error detection unit for detecting a phase error of the precursor fed back from the output of the phase locked loop to the phase error detection unit as a feedback signal. The polar transmitter comprises a digital amplitude modulator for amplitude modulation of the precursor, resulting in the transmit signal. The digital amplitude modulator is arranged within the phase locked loop for amplitude modulation of the precursor before being output by the PLL. The phase error detection unit is further provided for detecting the amplitude of the feedback signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignees: IMEC VZW, VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSELInventors: Nereo Markulic, Jan Craninckx
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Patent number: 10505570Abstract: A distortion compensating device includes: a filter that receives input of a transmitting signal including a plurality of subcarrier signals assigned to respective frequencies and that superimposes filter coefficients on the respective subcarrier signals; a first signal converting unit that converts the subcarrier signals, on which the respective filter coefficients are superimposed, from a frequency domain into a time domain to obtain an input signal; a distortion compensating unit that superimposes a distortion compensation coefficient on the input signal to obtain an output signal; a power amplifier that amplifies and outputs the output signal; and a control unit that generates the filter coefficients according to an arithmetic equation using the subcarrier signals and a feedback signal from the power amplifier, and outputs the filter coefficients to the filter.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Alexander Nikolaevich Lozhkin, Hiroyoshi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 10506602Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting power grants in wireless communications. Multiple power grant tables are stored and one or more tables are designated during communication.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: In H. Kim, Paul Marinier, Eldad M. Zeira, Christopher R. Cave
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Patent number: 10491203Abstract: A duty cycle corrector includes a delay chain, an edge detector, a falling edge shift (FES) controller, a plurality of falling edge modulator (FEM) cores, and a phase interpolator. The delay chain delays a first clock to generate a delay clock, and generates first and second sampling control signals. The edge detector samples the first clock and a second clock using the first and second sampling control signals to obtain first and second sampling signals. The FES controller determines a modulation direction and a modulation width based on the first and second sampling signals. The plurality of FEM cores first modulate the first edge of the first clock and second modulate the first edge of the delay clock using the modulation direction and the modulation width. The phase interpolator performs phase interpolation on the results of the first and second modulations.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Kyoungtae Kang, Kang Yoon Lee
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Patent number: 10469179Abstract: A distortion compensation apparatus includes: a generation unit that generates a first signal to be used on a transmission side and a feedback side in common; a conversion unit that converts a frequency of a third signal that is to be an even-order distortion compensation signal by using a second signal that is based on the first signal; and a compensation unit that compensates an even-order distortion in a transmission signal caused by amplification by using a signal obtained by frequency conversion for the third signal by the conversion unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Tomoya Ota, Toshio Kawasaki
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Patent number: 10440660Abstract: A method and system for identifying passive intermodulation, PIM, at a base station in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes measuring the noise floor in a radio frequency, RF, channel of an uplink carrier, the uplink carrier comprising a carrier transmitted from a wireless device to the base station. The method includes comparing the measured noise floor to a predetermined noise floor. The method also includes determining whether PIM is present based on a result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Pierre-Andre Laporte, Mark Wyville
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Patent number: 10382157Abstract: An apparatus includes a finite impulse response (FIR) filter to receive a digital signal and a transmitter, operatively coupled to the FIR filter, to transmit an analog signal, converted from the digital signal, to a communication channel. The FIR filer is configured to change at least one operating parameter based on a bandwidth of the analog signal after transmission in the communication channel. The bandwidth of the analog signal is estimated, using an estimator, based at least in part on raw sampling data generated by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) operatively coupled to the transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Qiang Wang, Yang Yue
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Patent number: 10367455Abstract: A high-frequency front end circuit includes an antenna terminal, a reception circuit that is directly or indirectly connected to the antenna terminal, and a transmission circuit that is directly or indirectly connected to the antenna terminal, wherein the transmission circuit has an amplification circuit, the amplification circuit includes an input terminal and an output terminal, an amplification element provided on a path connecting the input terminal and the output terminal, and a bias circuit having an LC resonance circuit and connected to between the amplification element and the output terminal. A frequency pass band of the transmission circuit is lower than a frequency pass band of the reception circuit, and a value of a resonant frequency of the bias circuit is smaller than a value of a frequency pass band width of the transmission circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Isao Takenaka
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Patent number: 10361730Abstract: An amplifier device for high frequency signals, in particular a linear high frequency amplifier device, which comprises at least one input, an incoming line, a pre-distortion unit, in particular an adaptive pre-distortion unit, an amplifier unit, in particular a non-linear power amplifier unit, a transmission line, a feedback unit, and an output. The output is connected to the amplifier unit via the transmission line. In addition, the at least one input is connected to the pre-distortion unit such that two incoming branch lines are provided which are interconnected by a switching unit. A first incoming branch line of the incoming branch lines comprises a down-converter being arranged between the at least one input and the pre-distortion unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Karl-Martin Muessener, Florian Ohnimus, Lothar Schenk
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Patent number: 10326490Abstract: A multi radio access technology (RAT) circuit is provided. The multi RAT power management circuit can concurrently support multiple different RATs using a single power management integrated circuit and a single power amplifier. The multi RAT power management circuit receives a first digital signal modulated based on a first RAT and a second digital signal modulated based on a second RAT. Control circuitry generates a composite output signal, which includes the first digital signal and the second digital signal and corresponds to a time-variant composite signal envelope derived from a respective peak envelope of the first and the second digital signals. The control circuitry generates a voltage control signal having a time-variant target voltage envelope tracking the time-variant composite signal envelope of the composite output signal. As such, the multi RAT power management circuit can concurrently support the multiple different RATs without increasing size, costs, complexity, and/or power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Nadim Khlat, Marcus Granger-Jones, Dirk Robert Walter Leipold
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Patent number: 10312876Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting transmit gain in a transceiver. The gain is adjusted in order to provide the maximum gain. The amount of distortion is measured. The gain is increased until the distortion reaches a predetermined limit. The gain of several components can be adjusted independently.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Entropic Communications LLCInventor: Branislav Petrovic
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Patent number: 10291223Abstract: An RF signal switch circuit that allows connection of any of N radio frequency (RF) input terminals to a switch output port, either in a low loss mode, in a bypass mode, or, optionally, in a signal function mode. Embodiments of the invention allow for both a single switch in the series input path to a target circuit while still having the ability to isolate the bypass path from the target circuit. In the low loss and bypass mode, the circuit simultaneously exhibits low input insertion loss (and thus a low noise factor) and high bypass mode isolation.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: pSemi CorporationInventors: Ethan Prevost, Michael Conry
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Patent number: 10277291Abstract: A MIMO-enabled information handling system may have multiple antennas configured to transmit multiple spatial streams. In some modes, all antennas may be used such as during SU-MIMO communications. In other modes, less than all antennas may be used such as during MU-MIMO communications. When unused MIMO antennas are available during MU-MIMO mode, the elements may be reused for transmitting data for other wireless technologies or spectrums. For example, while transmitting MU-MIMO Wi-Fi data through one spatial stream, Bluetooth data may be simultaneously transmitted through one of the unused Wi-Fi MIMO antennas.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Sinem Gulbay, Kamal Joseph Koshy, Andrew Thomas Sultenfuss
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Patent number: 10181826Abstract: Aspects disclosed in the detailed description include an envelope tracking (ET) amplifier circuit. The ET amplifier circuit includes ET tracker circuitry configured to provide an ET modulated voltage, which tracks an ET modulated target voltage, to an amplifier circuit(s) for amplifying a radio frequency (RF) signal. The ET amplifier circuit also includes fast switcher circuitry that is activated to provide an alternate current (AC) current to the amplifier circuit(s) when the RF signal includes a higher number of resource blocks (RBs). However, the fast switcher circuitry and its associated control circuitry may incur a processing delay that can cause the fast switcher circuitry to lag behind the ET modulated target voltage. As such, the ET amplifier circuit further includes timing adjustment circuitry to help compensate for the processing delay, thus helping to maintain efficiency of the ET tracker circuitry for improved performance of the ET amplifier circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Nadim Khlat, Philippe Gorisse, Jeffrey D. Potts, Michael R. Kay
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Patent number: 10158511Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus for wireless communication is provided. The apparatus includes a processor configured to generate a packet for transmission via a wireless signal. The packet is generated for transmission over a bandwidth of 1 MHz using at least one orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol. The apparatus further includes a transmitter configured to transmit the packet via the wireless signal having unique power spectral density characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2013Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Lin Yang, Youhan Kim, Sameer Vermani, Tevfik Yucek, Hemanth Sampath