Automatic (afc) Patents (Class 455/182.2)
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Patent number: 11973492Abstract: Systems and methods for performing automatic frequency control are provided. Instead of relying on individual frequency tuners for each channel of a multi-channel receiver system, the present subject matter uses a single frequency tuner for receiving each channel of the multi-channel receiver system. A locked demodulator may be designated as a reference demodulator and frequency offset values associated with the reference demodulator may be applied to other demodulators of the multi-channel receiver. These frequency offset values may be used by individual demodulators of each channel for correcting corresponding frequency offsets.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Sirius XM Radio Inc.Inventors: Carl Scarpa, Robert Joseph Topper
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Patent number: 11770114Abstract: A noise reduction system includes sensors configured to generate an input signal, an adaptive filter configured to represent a transfer function of a path traversed by the input signal, one or more processing devices, and one or more transducers. The processing devices receive the input signal and generate an updated set of filter coefficients of the adaptive filter by separating the input signal into frequency subbands; determining for each subband, coefficients of a corresponding subband adaptive module; and combining the coefficients of multiple subband adaptive modules. Determining the coefficients of the corresponding subband adaptive module includes selecting a subset of a precomputed set of filter coefficients of the adaptive filter. The processing devices process a portion of the input signal using the updated set of filter coefficients of the adaptive filter to generate an output that destructively interferes with another signal traversing the path represented by the transfer function.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Eric Raczka Bernstein, Wade P. Torres, Ankita D. Jain
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Patent number: 11686834Abstract: A system and method for one-way ranging is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter, also referred to as tag, transmitting a packet having a first frequency. The receiver, also referred to as the locator, receives the first frequency and measures the phase at a specific point in time. At a predetermined time, the transmitter switches to a second frequency. This is performed while maintaining phase continuity. The receiver also switches to the second frequency at nearly the same time. The receiver then measures the phase of the second frequency at a second point in time. Based on these two phase measurements, the distance between the transmitter and the receiver may be calculated.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Terry Lee Dickey, Yan Zhou, Michael Wu
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Patent number: 11637582Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for calibrating radio frequency (RF) circuits using machine learning. One example method generally includes calibrating a first subset of RF circuit calibration parameters. Values are predicted for a second subset of RF circuit calibration parameters based on a machine learning model and the first subset of RF circuit calibration parameters. The second subset of RF circuit calibration parameters may be distinct from the first subset of RF circuit calibration parameters. At least the first subset of RF circuit calibration parameters is verified, and after the verifying, at least the first subset of RF circuit calibration parameters are written to a memory associated with the RF circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Lindsey Makana Kostas, Rishubh Khurana, Ahmed Youssef, Francisco Ledesma, Sergey Murashov, Viral Ranpara, Enrique De La Rosa, Ming Leung, Gurkanwal Singh Sahota, Shahnaz Shirazi
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Patent number: 11564110Abstract: In some embodiments of the invention, a system for managing resource use in a Distributed Antenna System is provided. The system may include: a plurality of Digital Remote Units (DRUs) configured to send and receive wireless radio signals; a plurality of sectors, each configured to send and receive wireless radio signals; and a plurality of inter-connected Digital Access Units (DAUs), each configured to communicate with at least one of the DRUs via optical signals, and each being coupled to at least one of the sectors.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: DALI WIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Shawn Patrick Stapleton, Daryl Meerkerk
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Patent number: 11223956Abstract: Techniques are provided for transmitting a secure frame by a wireless device. For example, the wireless device may determine a location within a data sequence of a secure frame to puncture the data sequence with a puncture. The wireless device may then generate the secure frame that includes the punctured data sequence and transmit the secure frame to a second wireless device. The second wireless device may then authenticate the secure frame based at least in part on the location of the puncture within the punctured data sequence.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ayman F. Naguib, Arun Yadav
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Patent number: 10680669Abstract: A frequency discriminator is described. The frequency discriminator comprises a power splitter (2) for splitting a signal into a plurality of paths (40, 41, 42, . . . , 4n). At least two of the plurality of paths (41, 42, . . . , 4n) include respective filters (121; 122, . . . , 12n) having different frequency characteristics which are configured to provide respective filtered signals to respective power detectors (161, 162, . . . , 16n. The frequency discriminator comprises an analogue-to-digital conversion section (8) which is configured to receive values of measured powers from the power detectors, to generate digital values of measured powers and to provide the digital values of measured powers to a digital processing section (10). The digital processing section is configured to estimate a value (11) of at least one frequency in the signal in dependence on the digital values, for example the ratio of the digital values, of measured powers and on frequency responses (201, 202, . . . , 20n; FIG.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: CRFS LIMITEDInventors: Alistair Massarella, Daniel Timson, Keith Alexander, Danielius Bilinskas, Daniel Pisi
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Patent number: 10594535Abstract: Disclosed methods of terrestrial station monitoring of downlink signal quality include receiving a sequence of samples of reference symbol slots of a downlink burst, and estimating a time offset between a local clock and a timing of a symbol pattern carried by the reference symbol slots, using a local copy of the reference symbol pattern. A corresponding time correction is applied to the sequence of samples to form time corrected samples of symbols carried by the reference symbol slots. A frequency offset between the time corrected samples of the symbols carried by the reference symbol slots and a local clock is estimated. A corresponding frequency compensation is applied to the time corrected samples, forming time/frequency compensated samples of the symbols carried by the reference symbol slots. A signal to noise plus interference ratio (SNIR) estimation data, and corresponding estimate of signal path, is generated, based on moments of the time/frequency compensated samples.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC.Inventors: James Jehong Jong, Santharam Gurumani, Channasandra Ravishankar
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Patent number: 10361791Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide interaction methods and user equipment. An interaction method disclosed here in comprises: determining, by a user equipment, information that needs to be sent to at least one other user equipment, wherein the at least one other user equipment and the user equipment are in contact with a same human body; determining at least one frequency corresponding to the information at least according to the information and a preset information rule; and controlling a capacitance value of the user equipment to change at the at least one frequency.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: BEIJING ZHIGU RUI TUO TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Jia Liu
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Patent number: 10305676Abstract: An apparatus includes a radio frequency (RF) receiver, which includes a digital signal arrival (DSA) detector to detect arrival of a transmitted signal. The DSA detector includes a signal correlator and at least one of (a) an absolute received signal strength indication (RSSI) detector; (b) a relative RSSI detector; and (c) a frequency offset detector). The RF receiver further includes a demodulator coupled to the DSA detector to demodulate a received signal and to provide a demodulated signal, and a synchronization word detector (SWD) coupled to the demodulator to receive the demodulated signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Hendricus de Ruijter, Ping Xiong, Wentao Li, Yan Zhou
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Patent number: 9876582Abstract: An integrated multi-channel photonic radio-frequency (RF) receiver system includes a master oscillator including a laser source configured to generate laser light. A local oscillator (LO) path may include an LO generator, an LO modulator, an optical LO filter, and an optical amplifier optically coupled to one another to generate an LO signal. Multiple RF-modulation channels are coupled through an optical switch to a number of channel filters and configured to produce a number of filtered RF-modulated optical signals. An optical combiner may combine the LO signal with each filtered RF-modulated optical signal to generate down-converted optical signals. Each channel of the plurality of RF-modulation channels includes a channel laser coupled to a channel modulator, and the LO generator and channel lasers of the RF-modulation channels are fed by the laser light of the master oscillator.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas William Karras, Stephen Voiers Robertson
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Patent number: 9831845Abstract: There is provides a single conversion receiver and a communication system having wide occupied frequency bands and good receiving sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiyuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 9819324Abstract: A tunable duplexer circuit is described, wherein the frequency response as well as bandwidth and transmission loss characteristics can be dynamically altered, providing improved performance for transceiver front-end applications. The rate of roll-off of the frequency response can be adjusted to improve performance when used in duplexer applications. A method is described where the duplexer circuit characteristics are optimized in conjunction with a specific antenna frequency response to provide additional out-of-band rejection in a communication system. Dynamic optimization of both the duplexer circuit and an active antenna system is described to provide improved out-of-band rejection when implemented in RF front-end circuits of communication systems. Other features and embodiments are described in the following detailed descriptions.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Ethertronics, Inc.Inventor: Laurent Desclos
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Patent number: 9698925Abstract: The present invention discloses a radio frequency receiver and a receiving method, where the method includes: performing band splitting on a radio frequency signal of multiple carriers to obtain at least one band signal, and outputting the signal; separately performing filtering and amplification processing on the at least one band signal to obtain at least one processed signal; generating multiple oscillation signals; and selectively receiving a processed signal, of the at least one processed signal, that includes a target carrier; receiving an oscillation signal corresponding to the target carrier; selectively selecting a frequency division ratio from multiple frequency division ratios; using the frequency division ratio to perform frequency division on the received oscillation signal to obtain a local oscillator signal; using the local oscillator signal to perform frequency mixing on the received processed signal that includes the target carrier to obtain a mixed signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min Yi, Jian Liang, Nianyong Zhu
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Patent number: 9100552Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a terminal, including an output unit; an image sensor configured to capture an image; and a controller functionally connected to the output unit and the image sensor. The controller controls to recognize a signal light on an image captured by the image sensor, and output the signal information of the recognized signal light through the output unit. The signal information includes at least one of a signal state of the signal light, a signal change expected time, an expected time required to pass through a signal light from a current location, and an expected signal change frequency.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yongsung Kim, Haejin Cho, Sangyun Lee
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Publication number: 20150126143Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive a request to enable a privacy screen. The processor is further configured to receive a privacy screen engage trigger. Also, the processor is configured to change a current radio station to a predefined station, upon receipt of the engage trigger when a privacy screen is enabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Robert Bruce Kleve
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Patent number: 8982974Abstract: Receiver synchronization techniques (RST), contributing more accurate synchronization of receiver clock to OFDM composite frame combined with much faster acquisition time and better stability of the receiver clock, and phase and frequency recovery techniques, comprising a software controlled clock synthesizer (SCCS) for high accuracy phase & frequency synthesis producing synchronized low jitter clock from external time referencing signals or time referencing messages wherein SCCS includes a hybrid PLL (HPLL) enabling 1-50,000 frequency multiplication with very low output jitter independent of reference clock quality.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Inventor: John W Bogdan
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Publication number: 20150011163Abstract: An apparatus including a receiver configured to receive wireless radio station broadcast signals; and a controller including at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer code. The controller is configured with use of the computer code to change a reception frequency of the receiver from a first broadcast radio station transmitting on a first frequency to a second broadcast radio station transmitting on a second different frequency based, at least partially, on location of the apparatus relative to coverage areas of the broadcast radio stations, and at least one substantially common entertainment content attribute of the signals from the first and second broadcast radio stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventor: Kenneth Brazerol
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Patent number: 8831147Abstract: A desired signal and interfering signal are transmitted in the same timeslot and on the same frequency using an Adaptive Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (AQPSK) modulated carrier. When the Sub-Channel Power Imbalance Ratio (SCPIR) for the AQPSK modulated carrier is large and favors the interfering signal, the interfering signal is demodulated first to obtain demodulated soft bits. The demodulated soft bits corresponding to the interfering signal are then used to estimate receiver control parameters, such as Doppler shift, frequency offset, timing error, gain, etc. Using the demodulated soft bits corresponding to the interfering signal improves the accuracy of the receiver control parameters when the SCPIR is large, and results in better overall performance of the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Naveen Jacob, Amit Singhal
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Patent number: 8804878Abstract: Modern digital signals include framing. A known sequence of transmission symbols (Unique Word (UW)) included in the transmitted signal may be used by a receiver for framing synchronization. A receiver configured to receive such a signal may be configured to detect the UW even when the signal is received with some frequency uncertainty (e.g. offset or error). A method is presented for fast acquisition of symbol and/or frame timing of a signal, including in the presence of frequency uncertainty. In some embodiments, the presented method may be used for determining a frequency offset of the received signal and a location of a unique word (UW) within a frame of the received signal, wherein said determining is based on a two-dimensional search map.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.Inventors: Uzi Ram, Michael Levitsky, Oded Bialer, Guy Levitas
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Patent number: 8736394Abstract: To provide a reference frequency generating device that can output a highly accurate reference frequency signal even if a reference signal becomes unable to be acquired. The reference frequency generating device includes a synchronization circuit, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The synchronization circuit controls a reference frequency signal outputted from a voltage controlled oscillator, by a control signal obtained based on a reference signal. The temperature detector detects a temperature of the voltage controlled oscillator being used. When the reference signal is unable to be acquired, the controller corrects a voltage controlled signal in consideration of a distortion in the aging characteristic of the voltage controlled oscillator based on a rate of change with time in a slope of the oscillator temperature, and generates a holdover control signal based on corrected contents to control the voltage controlled oscillator.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinya Kowada
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Patent number: 8725098Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) front-end circuit includes a tunable filter, a negative transconductance circuit coupled with the tunable filter to produce a tuning oscillation signal, and a counter arranged to determine a frequency of the tuning oscillation signal. The RF front-end circuit also includes a control circuit arranged to shift the frequency of the tuning oscillation signal by adjusting the tunable filter until the frequency of the tuning oscillation signal falls within an acceptable frequency range corresponding to a desired channel frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Osama K A Shana'a, Xu-Dong Jiang, Chin-Heng Leow
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Patent number: 8687748Abstract: An electronic device capable of performing automatic frequency control (AFC) to maintain frequency and timing without good received bursts, in which an oscillation unit and a baseband processing unit are provided. Wherein, the baseband processing unit computes a compensation adjustment according to a prediction model and stored information regarding a previous digital value adjustment when detecting that the baseband processing unit is incapable of controlling the oscillation unit according to received bursts from the remote communication unit, and adjusts the oscillation unit according to the determined compensation adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2007Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Mediatek Inc.Inventors: Dung-Yun Chen, Chin-Fa Hsu, Hung-Shiun Fu, Chung-Shine Huang
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Patent number: 8634501Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed to process a received single stream communication signal and/or a multiple stream communication. A communications receiver is configured to receive the received communication signal. A communications receiver determines whether the received communication signal includes a single stream communication signal or a multiple stream communication signal. The communications receiver determines whether a received communication signal complies with a known single stream communications standard. The communications receiver determines whether the received communication signal complies with a known multiple stream communications standard. The communications receiver decodes the received communication signal according to the known single stream communications standard upon determining the received communication includes the signal single stream communication signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Rohit V. Gaikwad
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Patent number: 8634506Abstract: Generate a series of digital data according to a pair of differential signals received from a low speed universal serial bus. Calibrate coarsely a frequency of an oscillator according to a width of an end-of-packet of the series of digital data. And calibrate finely the frequency of the oscillator according to a width of a SYNC pattern of the series of digital data.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Weltrend Semiconductor Inc.Inventors: Fu-Yuan Hsiao, Ke-Ning Pan
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Patent number: 8634510Abstract: A bang-bang frequency detector with no data pattern dependency is provided. In examples, the detector recovers a clock from received data, such as data having a non-return to zero (NRZ) format. A first bang-bang phase detector (BBPD) provides first phase information about a phase difference between a sample clock and the clock embedded in the received data. A second BBPD provides second phase information about a second phase difference between the clock embedded in the received data and a delayed version of the sample clock. A frequency difference between the sample clock and the clock embedded in the received data is determined based on the first and second phase differences. The frequency difference can be used to adjust the frequency of the sample clock. A lock detector can be coupled to a BBPD output to determine if the sample clock is locked to the clock embedded in the received data.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Xiaohua Kong, Vannam Dang, Tirdad Sowlati
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Patent number: 8626102Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with radio coexistence using clock rate adaptation are described. According to one embodiment, a device includes a system bus configured to transmit and receive data at a clock rate. The device also includes a radio logic configured to receive radio frequency signals. The device further includes a clock logic configured to adjust the clock rate of the system bus when the radio logic is receiving the radio frequency signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Sameer Bidichandani, Ashley Teiko Uyehara, Srinivasa H. Garlapati, Ken Yeung
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Patent number: 8619914Abstract: Provided are a receiver and a receiving method for a scalable bandwidth in a mobile station of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system. The receiving method includes the steps of: (a) filtering a received RF signal; (b) oscillating a frequency according to a center frequency control signal to output a local oscillation frequency; (c) down-converting the filtered RF signal by using the local oscillation frequency; (d) scalable-filtering the down-converted signal while adjusting a bandwidth according to a bandwidth control signal; (e) controlling gain of the scalable-filtered signal; (f) converting the gain-controlled analog signal into a digital signal by using a sampling frequency matching with a corresponding bandwidth according to an ADC control signal; and (g) demodulating the converted digital signal, outputting the center frequency control signal, the bandwidth control signal, and the ADC control signal according to control information received from an upper layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Moon-Sik Lee, Nam-Il Kim, Hyeong-Geun Park, Il-Gyu Kim, Young-Hoon Kim, Seung-Chan Bang
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Patent number: 8594608Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Akihiko Namba, Yasunobu Tsukio
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Patent number: 8543060Abstract: A system for transferring active communication sessions between apparatuses. In at least one example implementation, a first apparatus may receive information including at least identity information corresponding to a second apparatus via close-proximity wireless communication. The receipt of the identity information may then trigger the first apparatus to determine whether it is already in a communication session. If it is determined that the first apparatus is in a communication session, it may be further determined, based on the identity information, whether automatic transfer of the communication session is permitted. If the first apparatus determines that the automatic transfer is permitted, the first apparatus may then initiate a transfer of the communication session to the second apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Jari Mutikainen, Andrea Bacioccola
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Patent number: 8526549Abstract: A signal processing circuit is provided. The signal processing circuit, adjusting a received radio frequency (RF) signal according to a gain, and generating a digital signal accordingly, the signal processing circuit including a signal analysis circuit, for analyzing the digital signal to generate the gain, determining whether the received RF signal is a target signal, and generating a reference value according to the digital signal, and a baseband circuit, for performing a carrier frequency offset (CFO) compensation to the digital signal according to the reference value, wherein, the reference value is generated while the signal analysis circuit is determining whether the received RF signal is the target signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Ching-Hsiang Chuang, Tien Hsin Ho, Shao Ping Hung, Tai-Lai Tung
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Patent number: 8526997Abstract: A frequency control device receiving a signal transmitted from each of a plurality of mobile stations, the frequency control device includes a first detecting unit to detect a frequency deviation generated from the signal, a second detecting unit to acquire information about at least a current position or movement of each of the mobile stations as classification information, and a classifying unit to classify mobile stations estimated to be moving in a same moving direction with a same moving speed as a first mobile station based on the classification information. The frequency control device includes a first calculating unit to calculate a first frequency deviations of a signal received from the first mobile station, and a compensation unit to compensate the frequency deviation of the signal received from the first mobile station based on the first frequency deviation.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Toshio Kawasaki
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Patent number: 8498366Abstract: A system and technique for providing to flexible, programmable frequency estimators and spectrum analyzers that can operate over extremely large bandwidths and yet provide high spectral resolution are described. The system and technique may include a cascaded super-heterodyne apparatus for estimating a frequency and a bandwidth of signals proximate in frequency to a desired signal, a tunable filter coupled to an input of a receiver, and a tuner which receives a signal from said cascaded super-heterodyne apparatus and tunes the filter to filter out unwanted signals from the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Soumyajit Mandal, Serhii M. Zhak, Rahul Sarpeshkar
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Patent number: 8472572Abstract: A receiver having Automatic Frequency Control (“AFC”) is described having at least one input signal terminal and an offset frequency estimation means for estimating each offset frequency of at least two predetermined input signals inputted at the same time at the input signal terminal. The access to the receiver of each input signal is respectively modulated and identified by a distinct code, and in addition an AFC means is included to perform automatic frequency control of a voltage control oscillator serving as a frequency reference of the receiver. The AFC means described in the present invention is operative to provide a unique compensation command defined as a function of a combination of at least two analytical terms, each term respectively depending on the estimated offset frequency of the corresponding input signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2007Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: ST-Ericsson SAInventor: Mickael Bouyaud
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Patent number: 8428206Abstract: A method and system of fine timing synchronization for an OFDM signal. The OFDM signal is coarse timing synchronized, generating a synchronization sequence and a CFR (Channel Frequency Response). The synchronization sequence is removed. A correlation coefficient of the correlation between the CFR applied to a number of carriers and the number of carriers with different window shifts is calculated. The largest window shift corresponding to a downsampling factor is indicated by the lowest correlation coefficient greater than a threshold. The CFR is downsampled by the downsampling factor, and an inverse FFT is performed on the downsampled CFR with a reduced number of calculations reduced by the downsampling factor, transforming the CFR into a CIR. A fine timing synchronization position is determined from the CIR and is utilized by an FFT unit within an OFDM receiver to accurately receive OFDM symbols of the OFDM signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventor: Yan Li
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Patent number: 8428531Abstract: A radio wave receiver including an antenna for receiving a radio wave; a tuning unit that can discretely changing a frequency characteristic of the antenna; an oscillation generator that can oscillate the antenna and a circuit portion of the tuning unit; a reception processing section for extracting a signal of a desired wave out of a reception signal received from the antenna; a controller for generating an oscillation signal at the circuit portion by the oscillation generator, and switching a setting of the tuning unit to search a setting state of the tuning unit under which the oscillation signal is extracted by the reception processing section; and a compensator for applying a variation to a frequency characteristic of the oscillation signal or a frequency characteristic associated with signal extraction of the reception processing section when the controller searches the setting state.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kaoru Someya
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Patent number: 8428200Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for estimating a frequency offset by one training symbol including two symbols having the same structure and value in an OFDM system. The apparatus includes a first likelihood function calculator for modeling non-Gaussian impulsive noise included in the training symbol to a Cauchy probability density function in which a characteristic exponent of a BIS?S probability density function is 1, and calculating a likelihood function of a Cauchy distribution using the Cauchy probability density function, and a first frequency offset estimator for estimating an effective frequency offset value in which the likelihood function of the Cauchy distribution of the first likelihood function calculator becomes highest as a frequency offset estimation value. Thereby, it is possible to improve the performance of frequency offset estimation in non-Gaussian impulsive noise environments.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate CollaborationInventors: Chonghan Song, Junhwan Kim, Youngpo Lee, Seung Goo Kang, Seokho Yoon
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Patent number: 8401503Abstract: Techniques for performing frequency control using dual-loop automatic frequency control (AFC) are described. The dual-loop AFC includes an inner loop that corrects short-term frequency variations (e.g., due to Doppler effect) and an outer loop that corrects long-term frequency variations (e.g., due to component tolerances and temperature variations). In one design, a first inner loop is implemented for frequency control of a first system (e.g., a broadcast system), a second inner loop is implemented for frequency control of a second system (e.g., a cellular system), and at least one outer loop is implemented for adjusting a reference frequency used to receive signals from the first and second systems. Each inner loop estimates and corrects the frequency error in an input signal for the associated system and may be enabled when receiving the input signal from the system. The reference frequency may be used for frequency downconversion, sampling and/or other purposes.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2006Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Seong Taek Chung, Vinay Murthy, Alok Kumar Gupta, Fuyun Ling
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Patent number: 8374556Abstract: Computer implemented methods and systems for the prediction of the reception of a desired in-band on-channel digital audio broadcast signal (IBOC DAB) are described. A method includes computing a first ratio of a weaker undesired adjacent broadcast signal to a stronger undesired adjacent broadcast signal; computing a second ratio of the desired IBOC DAB signal to the stronger undesired adjacent roadcast signal. The method also includes computing a minimum allowable reception ratio based on the second ratio and the slope and intercept of a line, wherein the slope and intercept of the line is based on both (i) a plurality of ratios of a weaker adjacent broadcast signal to a stronger adjacent broadcast signal and (ii) a plurality of ratios of a desired IBOC DAB signal to a stronger adjacent broadcast signal. Reception is predicted when the computed minimum allowable reception ratio is less than the first ratio.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2008Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: National Public Radio, Inc.Inventor: John C. Kean
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Patent number: 8369432Abstract: A mobile station (14) transmits a signal after connection is established, by using the same number of subcarriers as the number of subcarriers equal to or smaller than a predetermined number used for transmitting a connection request signal (TCCH). A base station (12) detects the number of subcarriers used for transmitting the connection request signal (TCCH) (S106), and controls in accordance with the detected number of subcarriers the passband width of a bandpass filter having a passband with a variable width accommodating the predetected number of subcarriers, for separating a signal of the mobile station (14) falling within the passband from a received signal (S108).Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventor: Nobuyuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 8284875Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for frequency-domain gain control in system utilizing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) multiple input multiple output (MIMO). The proposed method reduces the complexity of the system while maximizing the internal accuracy of the OFDM MIMO decoder and preserving the performance of the system.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Jong Hyeon Park, Michael L. McCloud, Brian C. Banister
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Patent number: 8270544Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus is provided to enable weather band radio signals to be received and processed using a digital signal processor (DSP). The DSP can include functionality to implement both frequency modulation (FM) demodulation and weather band data demodulation, i.e., specific area encoding (SAME) demodulation. In one such embodiment, soft decision samples of a SAME message can be combined, and based on a combined result, a hard decision unit can generate a bit value of weather band data.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.Inventor: Junsong Li
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Publication number: 20120225629Abstract: A system for tuning a radio receiver includes a radio receiver configured to provide a downconverted digital error signal, a digital synthesizer circuit configured to generate a first local oscillator control signal, a digital automatic frequency control (AFC) circuit configured to generate a second local oscillator control signal, wherein the digital synthesizer circuit is enabled to generate the first local oscillator control signal when the digital AFC circuit is disabled, the first local oscillator control signal corresponds to an estimate of a desired local oscillator frequency, the digital AFC circuit is enabled to generate the second local oscillator control signal when the digital synthesizer circuit is disabled and the second local oscillator control signal corresponds to the desired local oscillator frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Ying Shi, Bryan J. Roll
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Patent number: 8259876Abstract: A system for tuning a radio receiver includes a radio receiver configured to provide a downconverted digital error signal, a digital synthesizer circuit configured to generate a first local oscillator control signal, a digital automatic frequency control (AFC) circuit configured to generate a second local oscillator control signal, wherein the digital synthesizer circuit is enabled to generate the first local oscillator control signal when the digital AFC circuit is disabled, the first local oscillator control signal corresponds to an estimate of a desired local oscillator frequency, the digital AFC circuit is enabled to generate the second local oscillator control signal when the digital synthesizer circuit is disabled and the second local oscillator control signal corresponds to the desired local oscillator frequency.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Ying Shi, Bryan J. Roll
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Patent number: 8185071Abstract: A tuner module includes a filter that reduces the signal level outside the frequency band of a selected channel in an input RF signal of terrestrial television broadcasting, a local oscillation circuit that oscillates a local oscillation signal, a mixing circuit that mixes the RF signal in which the signal level outside the frequency band of the selected channel is reduced by the filter and the local oscillation signal oscillated by the local oscillation circuit to downconvert the RF signal to an intermediate frequency signal, and a control circuit that controls the local oscillation frequency of the local oscillation signal oscillated by the local oscillation circuit. The control circuit adjusts the local oscillation frequency to a value that suppresses an effect of a disturbance wave from other channels within a frequency band of the intermediate frequency signal of the selected channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Eiichi Sano, Tomonori Nakajima
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Patent number: 8131237Abstract: Disclosed is a radio wave receiving apparatus including: an antenna to receive a radio wave; a tuning member to allow a reception frequency of the antenna to be tuned to an intended frequency, in which tuning member a frequency characteristic is variable; a receiving member to receive a reception signal from the antenna to demodulate a modulation wave; a positive feedback member to perform a positive feedback in a signal path including the tuning member; and a switching member to turn on/off a feedback operation of the positive feedback member.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kaoru Someya
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Patent number: 8121112Abstract: A microprocessor and a DSP are coupled with a cable modem and an IAD framer to terminate a DS1 link at a media terminal device. The processor performs call control operations and the DSP performs signal processing, such that call processing occurs at the device. The framer extracts or inserts call control information from robbed-bit signaling bits. Data streams from the DS1 link are formatted/packetized according to a protocol used by a VoIP network. VoIP is used to transmit the packetized call from the cable modem portion to a CMTS over a broadband network. QoS attributes are implemented on the derived data streams as would be done for calls generated by a standard PacketCable EMTA.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: ARRIS Group, Inc.Inventor: Carol Ansley
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Patent number: 8116707Abstract: Disclosed is a broadcasting receiver. The broadcasting receiver comprises a low noise block down converter outputting a signal by amplifying a received signal, a tuner tuning a plurality of broadcasting channels based on the signals output from the low noise block down converter, and a frequency drift detector detecting frequency drifts of the broadcasting channels tuned by the tuner, and correcting oscillation frequencies of at least one of the low noise block down converter and the tuner.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kwang Jae Park
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Patent number: 8090333Abstract: A receiving apparatus includes: a demodulating unit which demodulates an IF signal obtained by subjecting a received RF signal to frequency conversion; a detecting unit which detects a carrier wave frequency error contained in the IF signal; a frequency control unit which sets an initial value of a frequency in the demodulation process by the demodulating unit and for correcting a frequency error of a frequency used for the demodulation process by the demodulating unit based on the carrier wave frequency error detected by the detecting unit; and a control unit which controls a setting of an initial value of a frequency in the demodulation process by the demodulating unit by means of the frequency control unit after a receiving channel is switched, based on the carrier wave frequency error before a receiving channel is switched, the error being detected by the detecting unit, when a receiving channel is switched.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2007Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Takahiro Okada
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Patent number: 8064553Abstract: A method of estimating a coarse frequency offset in a receiver includes providing at least one candidate frequency offset in Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols having transmission and multiplexing configuration control (TMCC) bins and auxiliary channel (AC) bins, modulating the TMCC bins and AC bins using differential binary phase shift keying (DBPSK) modulation, estimating a phase difference between a first symbol and a second symbol for the candidate frequency offset of the TMCC and AC bins to obtain a resulting phase difference, correcting the resulting phase difference based on a difference between the candidate frequency offset and a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) center bin to obtain a corrected phase difference, mapping the corrected phase difference to numeric numbers, and adding the numeric numbers for the candidate frequency offset to obtain a summation result. The numeric numbers correspond to at least one of +1 or ?1.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Newport Media, Inc.Inventors: Yongru Gu, Jun Ma