Frequency Or Phase Control Patents (Class 455/139)
  • Patent number: 11038482
    Abstract: There is provided a method of determining filter coefficients for an audio filter system including a number, N?2, of filter paths for enabling processing of N audio channels, one filter path per channel, wherein each filter path includes at least one audio filter for performing the processing of the corresponding channel. The method includes providing a common set of filter design parameters for a pair of audio filters belonging to different filter paths, including phase difference information representing an inter-channel phase difference and frequency information representing a frequency value as filter design parameters; and determining filter coefficients for the pair of audio filters at least partly based on the common set of filter design parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: DIRAC RESEARCH AB
    Inventor: Mattias Arlbrant
  • Patent number: 10826570
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for multi-antenna communications are provided. In certain embodiments, a communication system includes an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements, and a plurality of RF circuit channels each coupled to a corresponding one of the antenna elements. The plurality of RF circuit channels generate two or more analog baseband signals in response to the antenna array receiving a radio wave. The communication system further includes a controllable amplification and combining circuit that generates two or more amplified analog baseband signals based on amplifying each of the two or more analog baseband signals with a separately controllable gain, and that combines the two or more amplified analog baseband signals to generate a combined analog baseband signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Florinel G. Balteanu, Paul T. DiCarlo
  • Patent number: 10727923
    Abstract: An apparatus has an array of antennae. Each antenna in the array has a tile circuit including a frequency conversion circuit to generate from an incoming reference signal a local oscillator carrier signal operative as an outgoing reference signal for an adjacent tile circuit. A mixer receives the local oscillator carrier signal and combines it with an antenna signal to produce a frequency converted antenna signal. A matrix of phase shifters and variable gain elements produces a set of frequency converted and phase rotated antenna signals. Analog summers combine the frequency converted and phase rotated antenna signals with user input signals from the adjacent tile circuit for distributed analog beam forming of multiple streams. The user input signals correspond to distinct users tracked by the array of antennae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Rf Pixels, Inc.
    Inventors: Siva V. Thyagarajan, Ali Niknejad, Sriramkumar Venugopalan
  • Patent number: 10637522
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first receiving unit, a second receiving unit, a signal generation unit, and a control unit, in which the first receiving unit includes a first adjustment unit configured to generate a first signal by adjusting a phase and an amplitude of a received signal, the second receiving unit includes a second adjustment unit configured to generate a second signal by adjusting a phase and an amplitude of a received signal, the signal generation unit generates a third signal based on the first and second signals, and the control unit controls the first adjustment unit based on the third signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Oshima
  • Patent number: 10347971
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first antenna, a first feeding line electrically connected to the first antenna, a second antenna, a second feeding line electrically connected to the second antenna element, a conductive line connecting a point of the first antenna or the first feeding line and a point of the second antenna or the second feeding line, and a sensor module electrically connected to a point of at least one of the first antenna element, the second antenna element, the first feeding line, the second feeding line, and the conductive line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Young Kwon, Seung Hyun Yeo, Jung Min Lee, Hyun Su Lee, Soon Sang Park, Hyun Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 10243601
    Abstract: A system and method for frequency reuse for wireless point-to-point backhaul. Frequency reuse is enabled through the cancellation of interfering signals generated by interference sources. In one embodiment, a conventional dish antenna is complemented with one or more additional auxiliary antennas (e.g., isotropic). The one or more additional auxiliary antennas enable cancellation of interfering signals whose direction of arrival (DOA) is off the dish antenna's bore-sight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: MAXLINEAR ASIA SINGAPORE PTE LTD
    Inventors: Ronen Shaked, Ilan Reingold, Eitan Tsur, Eran Ridel
  • Patent number: 9907034
    Abstract: There is provided automatic gain control of radio chains of a receiver. At least two radio frequency (RF) signals are received. Each RF signal is received on an individual radio chain from an antenna array. By comparing the at least two RF signals to a threshold it is determined whether to perform gain control or not of at least one of the at least two RF signals before analog combining of the at least two RF signals. A notification is sent to a detector regarding whether gain control is performed or not. Analog combining of the at least two RF signals is performed, thereby generating a single input to the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Bernt Johansson, Jan-Erik Thillberg
  • Patent number: 9490886
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to a beamforming device. A device may include at least one receive path; and an amplifier coupled to an output of each receive path. The device configured to process each a signal from each receive path in at least one of a voltage domain and a current domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Saihua Lin
  • Patent number: 9391818
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to generating pilot sequences for channel estimation and/or equalization. In some embodiments, a generated pilot sequence has a flat frequency response, a null portion, and low autocorrelation. In some embodiments, a method for generating the pilot sequence includes: starting with a Constant Amplitude Zero Autocorrelation (CAZAC) sequence and iteratively performing, until the result has a flat magnitude: padding the sequence with zeros, determining whether a frequency transform (FT) of the zero-padded sequence has a flat magnitude, adjusting a phase of a second sequence (that has a desired frequency response) to match a phase of the FT, determining an inverse FT of the adjusted second sequence and using a result of the inverse FT as the sequence for the next iteration. The disclosed techniques may allow efficient production of pilot sequences for use in cellular networks, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventor: Yong Rao
  • Patent number: 9274576
    Abstract: A system and a method for activation of portable and mobile media player devices for wireless LAN services have been disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a server computer, a wireless transmitter to transmit a signal, and a portable device comprising a wireless receiver to receive the signal and a wireless transceiver to transition from a first state to a second state to perform content synchronization with the server computer in response to the signal, wherein the wireless transceiver consumes less power in the first state than in the second state. Other embodiments have been claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Callahan Cellular L.L.C.
    Inventors: Craig M. Janik, Nicholas Kalayjian
  • Patent number: 9236871
    Abstract: A digital filter for a frequency synthesizer (e.g., PLL, UFT) may include an analog-to-digital (ADC) converter, which is responsive to a control voltage at an input thereof, and a digital-to-analog (DAC) converter, which has an input responsive to a signal generated at an output of the ADC. An impedance element is provided between the DAC and ADC. The impedance element has real and reactive components, a first current carrying terminal electrically coupled to an output of the DAC and a second current carrying terminal electrically coupled to the input of the ADC. The impedance element can include a resistor and a capacitor, which are electrically connected in parallel. A gain device, such as a programmable multiplier, may also be provided, which has an input responsive to the signal generated at the output of the ADC and an output electrically coupled to the input of the DAC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, inc.
    Inventors: Pengfei Hu, Brian Buell
  • Patent number: 9219446
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes a device package, processing circuitry and biasing circuitry. The processing circuitry is packaged in the device package and is operative to receive one or more Radio Frequency (RF) input signals from one or more antenna elements via one or more pre-amplifiers that are separate from the device, and to process the RF input signals so as to produce an RF output signal. The biasing circuitry is packaged in the device package and is operative to produce one or more biasing signals for biasing the pre-amplifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilan Barak, Borislav Marinov, Alexander Kostov, Bojidar Avdjiski, Radosvet Arnaudov
  • Patent number: 8897403
    Abstract: A phased array antenna for providing a radiation pattern having at least one communication beam, includes a plurality of antenna elements, each with an antenna element signal having a phase relationship and an amplitude relationship to the other element signals; a digital signal processing arrangement providing a digital beamforming network; and an analog beamforming network arranged to reduce exposure of the digital signal processing arrangement to an interfering signal. Analog beamforming weights are selected to generate a null in the radiation pattern in a direction corresponding to the interfering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Astrium Limited
    Inventor: Simon John Stirland
  • Patent number: 8897455
    Abstract: A disclosed method selects a plurality of fewer than all of the channels of a multichannel signal, based on information relating to the direction of arrival of at least one frequency component of the multichannel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Erik Visser, Ernan Liu
  • Patent number: 8862065
    Abstract: A method and apparatus estimate a frequency offset of a receiver in a mobile communication system. A pilot signal and a signal of a control channel are received from a transmitter. Frequency offsets of the pilot signal and frequency offsets of the control channel are estimated, respectively. And the frequency offset of the pilot signal is corrected based on the frequency offset estimation of the control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yon-Woo Yoon, Keun-Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 8855692
    Abstract: A satellite communication system comprised of a hub and plurality of remote terminals, wherein the system is configured for frequency reuse, a method and apparatus for signal cancellation are disclosed. The disclosed method and apparatus enable the hub to extract return link signals overlaying a transmitted forward link signal, wherein the forward link signal is transmitted at a power level higher than that of the overlaying return link signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd.
    Inventors: Avihay Lachman, Yariv Hayoun
  • Patent number: 8837750
    Abstract: A device and method for manipulating an audio signal includes a windower for generating a plurality of consecutive blocks of audio samples, the plurality of consecutive blocks including at least one padded block of audio samples, the padded block having padded values and audio signal values, a first converter for converting the padded block into a spectral representation having spectral values, a phase modifier for modifying phases of the spectral values to obtain a modified spectral representation and a second converter for converting the modified spectral representation into a modified time domain audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Sascha Disch, Frederik Nagel, Max Neuendorf, Christian Helmrich, Dominik Zorn
  • Patent number: 8838047
    Abstract: A dynamic radio frequency (RF) front end includes an antenna array, a power amplifier structure, and a low noise amplifier structure. The power amplifier structure generates a plurality of outbound RF signals from an outbound RF signal and provides the plurality of outbound RF signals to the antenna array. Each of the plurality of outbound RF signals has a different transmit phase rotation. The low noise amplifier structure receives a plurality of inbound RF signals from the antenna array and outputs one of the plurality of inbound RF signals based on a favorable phase relationship with respect to the outbound RF signal. Each of the plurality of inbound RF signals has a different receive phase rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran, Amin Shameli
  • Patent number: 8824986
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multichannel radio-frequency receiver (1) for electromagnetic waves, having a radio-frequency analogue section (2) which has an input (3) for an electrical signal of a receiving device (4), and having an lower-frequency section (8, 9) which is connected downstream from the radio-frequency analogue section (2) and has a plurality of parallel channels (6b, 6c; 7b, 7c) for respectively different signal strengths and an evaluation circuit, in which a signal divider (5) is provided in the radio-frequency analogue section (2) in order to split the signal in accordance with a predeterminable division ratio into signal elements which can be supplied to radio-frequency analogue channels (6a, 7a), downstream from which the channels (6b, 6c; 7b, 7c) of the lower-frequency section (8, 9) are respectively connected, and the channels (6b, 6c; 7b, 7c) of the lower-frequency section (8, 9) each have an evaluation circuit for detection of the phase and amplitude of the respective signal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Selex ES GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Gekat, Dieter Rühl
  • Patent number: 8744020
    Abstract: A frequency offset of a received signal comprising a number of subsequently received data symbols is estimated. A first estimate is determined from a calculated change in phase of the received signal between two received symbols having a first time distance between them. At least one further estimate is determined from a calculated change in phase of the received signal between two received symbols having a different time distance. A frequency periodicity is determined for each estimate from the distance between the two received symbols from which the estimate was determined. A set of integer values is determined for each estimate so that frequency values calculated for each estimate as the frequency periodicity multiplied by the integer value added to the estimate are at least approximately equal to each other, and a corrected estimate of the frequency offset is determined from the integer values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Niklas Andgart, Fredrik Nordström
  • Patent number: 8718590
    Abstract: A downconverter mixes a first comb spectrum with a local oscillator signal to generate a second comb spectrum in a lower frequency range. The first comb spectrum comprises frequency components separated from each other according to a frequency spacing interval, and the LO signal has a frequency offset relative to the first comb spectrum, where the frequency offset is a rational fraction of the frequency spacing interval. The second comb spectrum comprises lower and upper sideband responses corresponding to respective lower and upper sideband signals of the first comb spectrum. The lower and upper sideband responses in the second comb spectrum can be distinguished from each other based on the frequency offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard K. Karlquist
  • Publication number: 20140065992
    Abstract: An analog baseband filter apparatus for a multi-mode and multi-band wireless transceiver and a method for controlling the analog baseband filter apparatus are provided. The analog baseband filter apparatus includes a plurality of Radio Frequency (RF) units, each of the plurality of RF units being for receiving RF signals of one of a plurality of frequency bands and outputting baseband signals, a plurality of filter blocks for filtering and amplifying the baseband signals, and a switching unit for connecting at least two of the plurality of RF units to at least one of the plurality of filter blocks according to a selected communication mode, wherein the at least one of the plurality of filter blocks is configured to be connected to a capacitor region of an adjacent filter block from among the plurality of filter blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Woo LEE, Shin-Chul KIM, Su-Seob AHN, Si-Bum JUN, Byung-Ki HAN
  • Patent number: 8619749
    Abstract: A distributed architecture system for receiving radio frequency (RF) signals includes a receiving unit receiving a plurality of RF signals. The receiving unit includes means for combining the plurality of RF signals into a multiplexed signal. A head unit receives and separates the multiplexed signal into a plurality of information signals. The head unit prepares the information signals for presentation to a user. The head unit is disposed remotely from the receiving unit. A multiplexed link carries the multiplexed signal from the receiving unit to the head unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventor: Hans Alfred Troemel, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8606178
    Abstract: An electronic control module assembly includes antenna elements and a PCB. Each antenna element communicates an RF signal in a direction that corresponds with an outer face of a housing of the assembly. The PCB is received in a cavity of the housing and has RF-energy-transfer circuits and a baseband RF device, which demodulates the signal. Each RF-energy-transfer circuit receives the signal. At least two RF-energy-transfer circuits receive the signal from the antenna elements, and at least one RF-energy-transfer circuit does not receive the signal from one of the antenna elements and is a placeholder circuit. The baseband RF device is in communication with at least two of the RF-energy-transfer circuits receiving the signal. A connector provides a connection between each of the antenna elements and the PCB and is received by an aperture of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: David R. Petrucci, Mark A. Wisnewski, Charles A. Massoll
  • Patent number: 8599955
    Abstract: A system for distinguishing between any one of a plurality of antennas in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) system having an augmented number of antennas is provided herein. The system includes a MIMO receiving system having N branches and configured to operate in accordance with a channel estimation MIMO receiving scheme; a radio distribution network (RDN) connected to the MIMO receiving system, the RDN comprising at least one beamformer, being fed by two or more antennas, so that a total number of antennas in the system is M, wherein M is greater than N, wherein each one of the beamformers include a combiner configured to combine signals coming from the antennas into a single signal; and at least one antenna distinguishing circuitry, each associated with a respective beamformer, wherein the antenna distinguishing circuitry is configured to distinguish between the signals coming from the antennas which feed the respective beamformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Magnolia Broadband Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Kludt, Haim Harel, Eduardo Abreu
  • Patent number: 8594608
    Abstract: A synthesizer includes a synthesizer unit for generating a local oscillation signal based on a reference oscillation signal output from a reference oscillation unit including a MEMS resonator, a frequency fluctuation detector for detecting a frequency fluctuation of the MEMS resonator, and a frequency adjuster for adjusting a frequency of the local oscillation signal based on the frequency fluctuation detected by the frequency fluctuation detector. This synthesizer can output a signal with a stable frequency, even when an MEMS resonator demonstrating a large fluctuation in an oscillation frequency to temperatures is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Namba, Yasunobu Tsukio
  • Patent number: 8594592
    Abstract: A transmitter, a base station device, and a method for aligning a signal output from a transmitter are provided. The transmitter is connected to a first antenna, and the first antenna detects a second test signal transmitted by a second antenna that is connected to another transmitter. The transmitter includes: a signal generating unit, which generates a first test signal; a directional coupler, which receives the first test signal and the second test signal; and a signal processing unit, which measures a timing difference between the first test signal and the second test signal, and uses the measured timing difference to control signal generation, so as to align a signal transmission delay between the two transmitters. Thus, closed-loop detection and an adaptive rectification mechanism for transmission signals of multiple transmitters can be implemented, and accuracy of aligning a signal at each transmitting antenna is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gang Li
  • Patent number: 8565358
    Abstract: A system provides closed-loop gain control in a WCDMA mode and open loop control in an EDGE/GSM mode. Gain control is distributed across analog devices and a digital scaler in a wireless receiver. In the WCDMA mode, a loop filter generates an error signal that is forwarded to analog and digital control paths. The analog control path includes a first adder, a programmable hysteresis element, and a lookup table. The analog control signal is responsive to thresholds, which when used in conjunction with a previous gain value determine a new gain value. The digital control path includes a second adder, a programmable delay element, and a converter. A control word is responsive to a difference of the error signal, a calibration value, and the analog control signal. Blocker detection is provided in the WCDMA mode of operation. A controller sets system parameters using a state machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaleh Komaili, John E. Vasa, Thomas Obkircher
  • Patent number: 8548407
    Abstract: An antenna assembly, a receiver, and a system configured to superimpose a first received signal from a first antenna and an intermediate signal based on a second received signal from a second antenna onto a single cable. The antenna assembly includes a mixer and an adjustable local oscillator (ALO) that frequency shift the second received signal to generate the intermediate signal. The output frequency of the ALO is controlled by a control signal superimposed on the single cable that is output by the receiver. With this arrangement, a plurality of antennas or antenna elements can be connected to a receiver using a single coaxial cable. Such an arrangement is particularly desirable to manufacturers of automobiles and other vehicles. Also, the receiver can detect if the output frequency of the ALO needs to be adjusted, and so close-loop control of the output frequency is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn A. Walker
  • Patent number: 8483753
    Abstract: A wireless device includes processing circuitry and a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver section. The processing circuitry determines a set of information signals for receipt, the set of information signals carried by a RF Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal having a plurality of information signal frequency bands. The processing circuitry determines a shift frequency based upon the determination. the RF receiver section receives the RF MFBMS signal and down-converts the RF MFBMS signal by the shift frequency to produce a baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) MFBMS signal. The processing circuitry then extracts data from the set of information signals of the BB/IF MFBMS signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Arya Reza Behzad, Jeyhan Karaoguz, John Walley, David Rosmann, Brima B. Ibrahim, Vinko Erceg
  • Patent number: 8477803
    Abstract: In a RF communications system, aspects for implementing a single weight single channel MIMO system with no insertion loss may comprise generating at least one control signal that is utilized to control at least one of a plurality of received signals in a WCDMA and/or HSDPA system. A phase of a first of the plurality of received signals may be adjusted outside of a first processing path used to process that signal so that it is equivalent to a phase of at least a second of the plurality of received signals. A gain in the first processing path may be equivalent to a gain in a second processing path that is utilized to process the second of the plurality of received signals. The control signal may be utilized to adjust a phase and/or an amplitude of at least one of a plurality of received signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kent, Vinko Erceg, Uri M. Landau, Pieter van Rooyen
  • Patent number: 8442020
    Abstract: A system and method of generating a position is disclosed. The system and method are configured for receiving from a transmitter an M-code signal, the M-code signal modulated with a pseudorandom number sequence. The system and method are also configured for down converting the received M-code signal to a baseband signal. Further, the system and method are configured for correlating the baseband signal with a known pseudorandom number sequence. Further still, the system and method are configured for processing the converted baseband signal to remove errors due to phase distortion of the M-code signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd D. Peterson
  • Patent number: 8428170
    Abstract: A method for transmitting symbols in a communication system, includes dividing N symbols to be transmitted at one time into 2 groups. A first processing is performed on each of a plurality of symbols in a first group in order to obtain a first group of superimposed symbols. A second processing is performed on each of a plurality of symbols in a second group to obtain a second group of superimposed symbols. Each of the first group of superimposed symbols is transmitted one by one by a first antenna, and corresponding symbols in the second group of superimposed symbols are transmitted by a second antenna. The first processing and the second processing respectively include a conjugate cancellation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Beijing Samsung Telecom R&D Center
    Inventor: Hanbing Zhou
  • Patent number: 8428529
    Abstract: A wireless transceiver, comprising a transmitter, a receiver and a plurality of antennas, determines transmit phase relationship between at least two of antennas based on radio frequency (RF) signals received via the at least two antennas from one or more antennas of a base station. RF signals are transmitted via the at least two antennas utilizing the determined transmit phase relationship. The receiver is calibrated based on receiver performance determined from the received RF signals for subsequent reception of RF signals. The transmit phase relationship is dynamically adjusted based on the transmit RF measurements and the determined receiver performance. Transmit channel qualities are determined for each transmit antenna based on the transmit RF measurements and the dynamically adjusted transmit phase relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Sriraman Dakshinamurthy, Robert Gustav Lorenz
  • Patent number: 8406251
    Abstract: In an RF communication system, aspects for processing multipath clusters may comprise tracking a plurality of received clusters of signals and estimating a phase and amplitude of at least a portion of each of the plurality of received clusters of signals. Each of the plurality of received clusters of signals may be specified in time and an aggregate of received signal paths in a single cluster for a single base station may be processed. At least one cluster path processor may be assigned to process the plurality of received clusters of signals from each transmitting antenna at a single base station. At least one cluster path processor may be assigned to each of a plurality of base stations that are utilized for soft handoff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kent, Uri M. Landau
  • Patent number: 8406702
    Abstract: A clock signal generating arrangement for a communication device generates a system clock signal at an output for use as a timing reference. The clock signal generating arrangement comprises a reference clock generator for generating a reference clock signal, a main clock generator for generating a main clock signal having a greater accuracy than the reference clock signal, a clock adjust circuit coupled to the reference clock generator for generating a compensated reference clock signal to compensate for error in the reference clock signal and a clock signal selector coupled to the reference clock generator the main clock generator and the clock adjust circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Crowley, Norman Beamish, Sean Sexton, Kenneth Stebbings
  • Patent number: 8400228
    Abstract: A redundancy system for a co-channel telecommunication system and related methods. Implementations of the redundancy system may include at least a first modulator and a second modulator having a symbol mapper coupled to a parallel bit signal. The symbol mapper may be configured to route each of a plurality of parallel bits received through the parallel bit signal to a plurality of significant bit signals. In a first implementation, a plurality of significant bit signal multiplexers may be used to switch the plurality of parallel bit signals to allow the first and second modulators to operate in either a redundant or operating mode. In a second implementation, a premapped symbol (PMSI) encoder and a PMSI decoder may be used to transmit the plurality of significant bit signals across an interface bus as a real dual-data rate (DDR) signal and an imaginary DDR signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventor: Richard M. Miller
  • Patent number: 8364184
    Abstract: A satellite communication system comprised of a hub and plurality of remote terminals, wherein the system is configured for frequency reuse, a method and apparatus for signal cancellation are disclosed. The disclosed method and apparatus enable the hub to extract return link signals overlaying a transmitted forward link signal, wherein the forward link signal is transmitted at a power level higher than that of the overlaying return link signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.
    Inventors: Avihay Lachman, Yariv Hayoun
  • Patent number: 8345807
    Abstract: A demodulation device comprises at least a diversity combiner, an elimination parameter storage, an elimination parameter investigator, a noise eliminator, and a noise collection means. The elimination parameter storage stores elimination parameters used for eliminating a noise, as elimination parameters for each of antennas, the noise collection means receives a noise and outputs the received noise as a collected noise signal, and the diversity combiner outputs a combined signal along with combining parameters, each representing a parameter related to the combining for each of the antennas. The noise eliminator eliminates the noise by using the elimination parameters for all the antennas as well as the combining parameters for all the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Nadamoto, Yasuo Hamamoto
  • Patent number: 8260229
    Abstract: Techniques for compensating for I-Q mismatch in a communications receiver. In an exemplary embodiment, incoming I and Q samples are adjusted by multiplying with certain compensation coefficients to generate mismatch-compensated I and Q samples. The compensation coefficients may themselves be calculated and iteratively refined from the mismatch-compensated I and Q samples. Further techniques for partitioning the adjustment and estimation functions among computational hardware are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, estimation may be restricted to only those segments of the incoming I and Q samples that fulfill certain conditions, e.g., segments of the incoming I and Q samples known to be statistically uncorrelated and/or to have equal average energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mariam Motamed, Daniel F. Filipovic, Christos Komninakis, Chun-Hao Hsu, Chengjin Zhang
  • Patent number: 8259888
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of processing signal data comprising generating a first clock signal and a second clock signal and processing the signal data using the first clock signal and the second clock signal. While processing the signal data, the phase difference between the first clock signal and the second clock signal is measured and corrected for so that a target phase difference between the first clock signal and the second clock signal is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Junqi Hua, Alberto Baldisserotto, Steven White
  • Patent number: 8238857
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for performing an attenuation function on a signal using an attenuator in a cable broadcast receiver having a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) that does not perform an attenuation function on a signal are provided. In the method, an input Radio Frequency (RF) signal is tuned, The RF signal is converted into an Intermediate Frequency (IF) signal. An intensity of the converted IF signal is compared to a threshold, and an RF Automatic Gain Control (AGC) value is generated based on a result of the comparison. When the generated RF AGC value is smaller than an RF AGC threshold, the attenuator is turned on to attenuate the input RF signal by a predefined amount. Therefore, a high SNR, such as in an analog-digital composite signal, may be obtained without using an LNA that performs an attenuation function on a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Yeon Moon, Geun-Sik Yun, Dong-Uk Seo, Sung-Soo Lee, Hyun-Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 8224279
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) receiver comprises an analog receiver, a digital processor, and a clock synthesizer. The analog receiver has an input for receiving an RF input signal, and an output for providing a digital intermediate frequency (IF) signal. The digital processor has a first input for receiving the digital IF signal, a second input for receiving a clock signal, a signal output for providing an IF output signal, and a control output for providing a clock control signal. The clock synthesizer has an input for receiving the clock control signal, and an output for providing the clock signal. The digital processor controls a frequency of the clock signal dynamically in response to a channel selection input to reduce interference of sub-harmonics created by the digital processor on the analog receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Dickey, Gerald Champagne, Brian Mirkin
  • Patent number: 8204537
    Abstract: A wireless device includes processing circuitry and a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver section. The processing circuitry determines a set of information signals for receipt, the set of information signals carried by a RF Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal having a plurality of information signal frequency bands. The processing circuitry determines a shift frequency based upon the determination. the RF receiver section receives the RF MFBMS signal and down-converts the RF MFBMS signal by the shift frequency to produce a baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) MFBMS signal. The processing circuitry then extracts data from the set of information signals of the BB/IF MFBMS signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Arya Reza Behzad, Jeyhan Karaoguz, John Walley, David Rosmann, Brima B. Ibrahim, Vinko Erceg
  • Publication number: 20120082072
    Abstract: Systems and methods for combining signals from multiple active wireless receivers are discussed herein. An exemplary system comprises a first downconverter, a phase comparator, a phase adjuster, and a second downconverter. The first downconverter may be configured to downconvert a received signal from a first antenna to an intermediate frequency to create an intermediate frequency signal. The phase comparator may be configured to mix the received signal and a downconverted signal to create a mixed signal, compare a phase of the mixed signal to a predetermined phase, and generate a phase control signal based on the comparison, the downconverted signal being associated with the received signal from the first antenna. The phase adjuster may be configured to alter the phase of the intermediate frequency signal based on the phase control signal. The second downconverter may be configured to downconvert the phase-shifted intermediate frequency signal to create an output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventor: Ying SHEN
  • Patent number: 8139685
    Abstract: A receiver according to one embodiment includes a frequency control unit configured to receive a stream of samples including a plurality of received instances of a transmitted signal. The frequency control unit is configured to output a first correction signal (e.g. indicating a rotation) that is based on more than one of the received instances and a second correction signal (e.g. to control an oscillator) that is also based on more than one of the received instances. In some embodiments, a controlled oscillator is used to receive and/or transmit another signal, such as a signal received from a GPS space vehicle. In other embodiments, the received instances are from a GPS signal. In further embodiments, a fixed-frequency oscillator is used, and the second correction signal is used to receive and/or transmit another signal, such as a GPS signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Emilija Simic, Christopher Patrick, Raghu Challa, Douglas Neal Rowitch
  • Patent number: 8111181
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a single-ended polar transmitting circuit. The single-ended polar transmitting circuit comprises a DAC, a differential-to-single-ended converter, a GmC filter and a load. The GmC filter comprises two gain stages, two filters, two switching devices, a translinear loop and a current mirror. When a second clock signal is high, a first current is conducted through the load, a second switching device and a second gain stage. When a first clock signal is high, a second current is conducted through a first switching device and the second gain stage. The first gain stage has a transconductance Gm1 and the second gain stage has a transconductance Gm2. The bandwidth of the GmC filter is approximately equal to the square root of the quantity (Gm1*Gm2)/(C1*C2). The bandwidth of the GmC filter is substantially a constant value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Ganesh K. Balachandran, Baher S. Haroun
  • Patent number: 8098683
    Abstract: In a RF communications system, aspects for implementing a single weight single channel MIMO system with no insertion loss may comprise generating at least one control signal that is utilized to control at least one of a plurality of received signals in a WCDMA and/or HSDPA system. A phase of a first of the plurality of received signals may be adjusted outside of a first processing path used to process that signal so that it is equivalent to a phase of at least a second of the plurality of received signals. A gain in the first processing path may be equivalent to a gain in a second processing path that is utilized to process the second of the plurality of received signals. The control signal may be utilized to adjust a phase and/or an amplitude of at least one of a plurality of received signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kent, Vinko Erceg, Uri M. Landau, Pieter Van Rooyen
  • Patent number: 8086202
    Abstract: A wireless device, which employs the method and function of removing the coupling and correlation of antennas, picks up the noise components released from inside the device together with the current induced to a second antenna. The wireless device then controls the amplitude and phase of the pickup signal so as to optimize the reception quality signal for received signal, and additively combines it with the signal received from the first antenna. The coupled component, which is induced from the first antenna to the second antenna, is cancelled together with the noise component, thus mainly cancelling the largest cause of desensitization. This results in the maximization of the receiving sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Ejima
  • Patent number: 8059525
    Abstract: A ranging apparatus in a communication system is provided. A terminal generates a ranging code for ranging with a base station, maps the ranging code to at least one sub-carrier so the ranging code is repeated in a time domain, generates a ranging signal so the mapped ranging code has a size of one symbol interval, and transmits the generated ranging signal to the base station. The base station receives a ranging signal, extracts a half signal of a valid symbol interval of the ranging signal, generates a valid symbol interval signal by repeating the extracted half signal of the valid symbol interval, restores a ranging signal using the valid symbol interval signal, and performs ranging using the ranging signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-Kyu Koo, Young-Kwon Cho, Chang-Yoon Oh, Su-Ryong Jeong, Tae-Young Kim, Dong-Seek Park, Jun-Young Jung, Joon-Young Choi, Eun-Taek Lim, Chang-Ho Suh, Jae-Hyuk Jang