Transmitter/receiver Feedback Compensation Patents (Class 455/24)
  • Patent number: 7283783
    Abstract: A method of broadcasting multi-layered information in a multi-antenna broadcasting system can include identifying at least a first and second layer of information to be transmitted. The first layer of information can be encoded for transmission using a first unitary code matrix and the second layer of information can be encoded for transmission using a second unitary code matrix. The first and second layers of the multi-layered information can be transmitted with the multi-antenna broadcasting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik G. Larsson, Wing Hin Wong
  • Patent number: 7239850
    Abstract: The invention optimizes the security of data communication on wireless local area networks (WLANs). This invention uses radio frequency (RF) radiation sensors (sensors) on the physical perimeter of a campus, or between nodes in a wireless mesh network, to detect signal bleed outside of an acceptable geographic range. In a preferred embodiment, this is achieved by (1) setting the acceptable signal strength (“bleed”) to be allowed at the perimeter, (2) sensing the RF signal strength at the perimeter sensors, (3) providing feedback from the sensors to the central radiation source controller (controller), (4) adjusting the central radiation source signal strength upwards or downwards based on acceptable ranges, (5) repeating this procedure in real time to provide constant optimization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventor: Cyrus Peikari
  • Patent number: 7236740
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for retransmitting data in a mobile communication system wherein a receiver determines whether an initial data block received from a transmitter has an error. Upon detecting an error from the initial data block, the receiver estimates a current channel state and determines a retransmission frequency and a power level of the initial data block according to the estimated current channel state. Thereafter, the receiver transmits a retransmission request message of the initial data block together with the determined retransmission frequency and the determined power level to the transmitter. The transmitter retransmits the initial data block as many times as the retransmission frequency at the requested power level. The receiver then determines whether the retransmitted data blocks have errors, and provides the retransmitted data blocks to an upper layer upon failure to detect errors from the retransmitted data blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Hoi Koo, Kyou-Woong Kim, Hwan-Joon Kwon
  • Patent number: 7139536
    Abstract: A method for I/Q imbalance calibration of an OFDM system comprising the steps of initializing parameters Ap, Bp and ?p, estimating a loop delay factor L, generating a discrete-time test signal x[n], deriving a signal xcom[n] by compensating the test signal x[n] according to a function with parameters Ap, Bp and ?p, converting the signal xcom[n] to an analog signal x(t), applying I/Q modulation to the signal x(t) and outputting a modulated signal xmod(t), obtaining a characteristic signal xc(t) of the modulated signal, obtaining a signal xs[n] by sampling the characteristic signal xc(t) and obtaining statistics U1 and U2 of the signal xs[n], and updating the parameters Ap, Bp and ?p respectively by functions of L, U1, U2, and the current values of Ap, Bp and ?p.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventor: Mao-Ching Chiu
  • Patent number: 7130579
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for integration into a single IC including components such as filters and inductors. The controller for adaptive programming and calibration of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. The self-testing unit generates is used to determine the gain, frequency characteristics, selectivity, noise floor, and distortion behavior of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Jacob Rael, Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 7130661
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a beam in a base station is provided and includes a plurality of channel cards for processing and outputting signals to be transmitted to each channel; a signal synthesizer/distributor for synthesizing the signals from the channel cards and compensating phases of the signals; a channel controller for controlling beams of the signals from the signal synthesizer/distributor according to a demand of a mobile communication terminal and outputting the controlled beam signals; a middle frequency generating block for receiving the signals from the channel controller and synthesizing the signals in each frequency to generate middle frequency signals; a transmitter for converting the middle frequency signals received from the middle frequency generating block into signals in a transmitting band; an RFB for amplifying the signals from the transmitter into signals in an output band and controlling phases of transmitting and receiving signals; and an antenna connection block for switching the sig
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun-Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 7123941
    Abstract: A radio LAN master station system which provides long distance communication and suffers from small interference by another system located inside and/or outside of a service area comprises a transceiver, and a plurality of directional antennas each directed to a respective section with some angular spacing, through a power distributor which couples said transceiver with said antennas. Polarization plane of any antenna is orthogonal to polarization plane of an adjacent antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Tadayuki Fukuhara, Hiroyasu Ishikawa, Takayuki Warabino, Naoki Fuke, Keizo Sugiyama, Hideyuki Shinonaga
  • Patent number: 7106712
    Abstract: A transmission power control method and an apparatus, which includes a base station and a mobile stations, can lower a transmission power of a counterpart station and assure a communication quality, such as a desired bit error ratio, block error ratio, and so forth. A control reference value is set for generation of a control instruction controlling the transmission power of the counterpart station in a closed loop, when error correction coding and interleaving are used together. The transmission power control method includes steps of receiving a signal transmitted from a communication counterpart station, measuring a reception quality value of each received time slot, control instruction determining step of periodically determining a control instruction depending upon the reception quality values of the plurality of slots and transmitting the control instruction to the counterpart station, whereby the control instruction is used for transmission power control of the counterpart station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kojiro Hamabe, Nahoko Takano
  • Patent number: 7103029
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transmitter gain stabilization apparatus which uses feedback control to stably control the gain of a radio base-station transmitter in a CDMA mobile communication system. The apparatus includes a reference-power generating unit for generating average power of a baseband signal as reference power, a detector for detecting transmission power, and a gain adjustment unit for adjusting the gain of a radio unit in the base station in such a manner that the detected power will coincide with the reference power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Ryoichi Minowa
  • Patent number: 7096042
    Abstract: A method for increasing cellular system capacity includes receiving a signal in a time slot and a frequency band and transmitting a signal in the same time slot and the same frequency band. An adaptive self-interference canceller is used to reduce the radio frequency self-interference created by receiving and transmitting signals in the same time slot and the same frequency band. The self-interference can be further reduced by using: (1) a circulator connected between an antenna, a receiver, and a transmitter; (2) separate antennas for receiving and transmitting signals can be used; and/or (3) an adaptive antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Marinier
  • Patent number: 7088953
    Abstract: A system operates to adaptively control the stability of an on-frequency repeater. A unique signature is imposed on RF signals transmitted by the repeater, and RF signals received by the repeater analyzed to detect signal components corresponding to the signature. The signature and the detected signal components are correlated by a micro-controller, which operates in accordance with an Adaptive Control Algorithm to adjust the ERP of RF signals transmitted by the repeater to limit signal leakage and thereby control the stability of the repeater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Spotwave Wireless Canada Inc.
    Inventor: David Bongfeldt
  • Patent number: 7072614
    Abstract: Communication device comprising a transmitter and a receiver, coupled to antenna means respectively via a transmitter output and a receiver input. For an effective and reliable reduction of transmitter leakage signals occurring at the receiver input corrective signal means are being used, comprising transmitter leakage signal selective amplifying means for selectively amplifying said transmitter leakage signal provided with a transmitter signal reference input being coupled to the transmitter output, a transmitter leakage signal input being coupled to the receiver input and a transmitter leakage signal output being coupled to said transmitter leakage signal input for a negative feed back of said transmitter leakage signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Inventor: Wolfdietrich Georg Kasperkovitz
  • Patent number: 7046960
    Abstract: While a spectrum waveform of an output signal from a subtracter (207) is visibly monitored, an operator controls a variable phases shifter (208) based upon a second control signal (CL2) so that a shape of a spectrum waveform of an output signal from a subtracter (207) is approximated to a spectrum waveform of a desirable wave to change a phase of a local oscillation frequency signal from a local oscillator (206). As a result, a phase of a duplicated loop signal is changed. Also, the operator controls a variable attenuator (209) based upon a first control signal (CL1) so that a shape of this spectrum waveform is approximated to a spectrum waveform of a desirable wave (20) to change a signal level of the duplicated loop signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Takemoto, Katsuyuki Kawase, Tetsu Takase, Jun Shibata
  • Patent number: 7046168
    Abstract: An inter-vehicle communication method according to the present invention performs communication by sequentially relaying transmission information among vehicles. For broadcasting the transmission information to peripheral vehicles, a vehicle transmitting the transmission information designates relay vehicles and causes the relay vehicles to broadcast reception information to peripheral vehicles of the relay vehicles. In order to designate the relay vehicles, the vehicle transmitting the transmission information receives positional information from its peripheral vehicles, identifies branch roads on which the respective peripheral vehicles exist by referring to map information, and designates as relay vehicles peripheral vehicles farthest away from the vehicle transmitting the transmission information on the respective branch roads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Shoichi Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 7043203
    Abstract: The invention discloses a process for re-transmitting single frequency signals and a single frequency signal repeater, where coupling occurs between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna, and where the process is of the type used in a single frequency signal repeater and comprises the steps of: [a] receiving a first radio frequency signal having a particular receiving power, [b] optionally converting said first radio frequency signal into a process signal, [c] filtering, amplification and automatically controlling the gain of said signal, [d] canceling said coupling between said transmitting antenna and said receiving antenna, [e] reconverting, as the case may be, said process signal into a second radio frequency signal, [f] amplifying the power of said second radio frequency signal, [g] output filtering, and [g] transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Mier Comunicaciones, S.A.
    Inventors: Xavier Barba Miquel, Domènec Iborra Archs, Pedro Mier Albert, Maria Meritxell Lamarca Orozco, Montserrat Nájar Marton, Ana Isabel Pérez Neira, Gregori Vázquez Grau
  • Patent number: 7020216
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a phase angle (?) of a phase modifier (25) of a transmitting device which includes a quadrature modulator (3), a power amplifier (9), a quadrature demodulator (19) and differential amplifiers (26, 27). The power amplifier (9) is linearized via the feedback loop (16) according to the Cartesian feedback method. The phase modifier (25) supplies an oscillator signal to the quadrature demodulator (19), which signal is shifted by the phase angle (?) to be adjusted with regard to the oscillator signal that is supplied to the quadrature modulator (3). An input signal with a constant inphase component (I) and a constant quadrature phase component (Q) is applied during each transmission burst in the instance of a closed feedback loop, and the quadrature component (VQM) and/or the inphase component (VIM) is measured at a measuring point (53, 61) located behind the output of the differential amplifiers (26, 27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Friedrich Lipp
  • Patent number: 6993296
    Abstract: A method for increase receiver efficiency in a multimode communication device includes a first step of monitoring a received signal strength of a neighboring cell on a receiver channel. A next step includes determining a noise on the receiver channel from a transmitter power amplifier of the communication device. A next step includes comparing the level of interference with a predetermined threshold and with respect to the signal strength. A next step includes blanking the receiver when the transmitter power amplifier of the communication device is on and if the predetermined threshold is not exceeded indicating excessive self-interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur C. Leyh, Joseph Cramer, III, Christopher Kurby, Brian Storm
  • Patent number: 6963760
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and code on a computer readable medium are provided for constructing and operating a vehicle communication unit that is adapted for enunciating an audio signal to the cabin of a vehicle, and for simultaneously receiving the enunciated audio signal and a voice-command from a user speaking in the cabin of the vehicle, and for generating a DTMF signal in response to the voice-command without muting or otherwise interrupting the enunciated audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: James J. Piwowarski
  • Patent number: 6934511
    Abstract: An integrated repeater includes a housing having opposing sides, a donor antenna mounted on one of the opposing sides, a null antenna mounted on the other of the opposing sides, and repeater electronics mounted in the housing and operatively interconnecting the donor antenna and the null antenna. The repeater electronics include a beamforming arrangement for creating a desired antenna pattern of the donor antenna relative to a base station and a desired antenna pattern of the null antenna relative to subscriber equipment, and interference cancellation electronics for cancelling interference feedback signals between the donor antenna and the null antenna in both an uplink path and a downlink path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Breck W. Lovinggood, Mano D. Judd, William P. Kuiper
  • Patent number: 6889033
    Abstract: An intelligent gain controller operates to control the gain in each one of wideband uplink and downlink signal paths. Weak desired signals, within each wideband signal path, are detected using a narrowband down converter and detector, and these desired signals monitored by the micro controller. Based on the monitored signals, the micro controller operates, under control of suitable software implementing an Adaptive Control Algorithm, to adjust the gain in each of the uplink and downlink paths in order to dynamically optimize performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Spotwave Wireless Inc.
    Inventor: David Bongfeldt
  • Patent number: 6868275
    Abstract: A method for extracting a constant part and a variable part from a data signal that is determined. The values that are extracted in this way are transmitted with different timing over a transmission link that is present. Depending on the bandwidth of the composite signal, various methods can be applied for transmitting relatively low bandwidth signals with possibly higher resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Telmo Glaser
  • Patent number: 6868278
    Abstract: A system and a method of controlling transmitter power in a wireless communication system in which user data is processed as a multirate signal having a rate N(t) and in which the user data signal having rate N(t) is converted into a transmission data signal having a faster rate M(t) for transmission. The transmission power is adjusted on a relatively slow basis based on quality of data received by a receiver of the transmitted data. The transmitter power is determined as a function of N(t)/M(t) such that a change in the data rate in the multiple channels or the rate of the transmission data signal is compensated in advance of a quality of data based adjustment associated with such data rate change. Preferably, the user data signal having rate N(t) is converted into the transmission data signal having the faster rate M(t) by repeating selected data bits whereby the energy per bit to noise spectrum density ratio is increased in the transmission data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventor: John W. Haim
  • Patent number: 6807399
    Abstract: A transmitting/receiving apparatus of a repeater system in which a signal received by the receiving apparatus from a base station is amplified to a high-powered transmission signal by the transmitting apparatus so as to be transmitted to a destination, wherein the transmitting apparatus varies a phase and a magnitude of the transmission signal and applies a compensation signal to the receiving apparatus, and the receiving apparatus adds the inputted compensation signal and a signal inputted through a receiving antenna and removes an unnecessary frequency component caused due to interference of the transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jae Hoon Shim
  • Publication number: 20040192202
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing echo feedback in a wireless communication system (10) is accomplished when a receiving communication unit (24) senses a feedback signal, or echo, via an ancillary communication path. The receiving communication unit is a targeted recipient of an original audio signal generated by a transmitting communication unit (22), where the original audio signal (42) is conveyed to the receiving communication unit. Upon detecting the feedback signal and determining that it exceeds a feedback threshold, the receiving communication unit attenuates an audible output of the original signal to reduce echo to the transmitting communication unit. In addition, the receiving communication unit, and/or the transmitting communication unit include echo canceller to further minimize the echo within the digital communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Novorita, Eric Ziolko, Gary Grube
  • Patent number: 6795691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission or transmission/reception device having a transmission path structure which makes it possible to increase the range of variation of the transmission power without degrading the signal-to-noise ratio. The attenuation is achieved in part in an internal unit 5 and in part in an external unit 4 with the aid of a switching circuit 25 which selectably couples an antenna between an output or an input of an amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Robert, Sophie Bouvet
  • Publication number: 20040179493
    Abstract: Channel quality indicator (CQI) information may be appended to a packet that is to be transmitted on the reverse link. Power allocation on the forward link may be controlled based on forward link channel quality information feedback. The packet may be decoded, and channel quality indicator (CQI) information in the packet related to the forward link may be used for potentially modifying power of subsequent transmissions. A control channel containing channel quality indicator (CQI) information, together with a data channel carrying at least one data packet, may be transmitted over the reverse link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventor: Farooq Ullah Khan
  • Patent number: 6771931
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for passive interference cancellation are provided. The apparatus includes a first and second radio operating on a same frequency band, a first and second coupler, and a first phase shifter. The first radio includes a first radio transceiver and a first radio antennae. The second radio includes a second radio antennae located a predetermined distance from the first radio antennae. A first coupler and second coupler are adjusted according to a coupling loss between the antennas. The first radio transceiver transmits a first signal. The first signal is divided by the first coupler to a first portion and a second portion. The first portion moves through the first radio antennae and is received by the second radio antennae. The second portion moves through the first phase shifter. Both portions of the first signal meet and cancel to achieve a specified isolation between the radios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Alan E. Waltho
  • Publication number: 20040110470
    Abstract: Briefly, a method to control data transmission rate and transmission power level of a mobile unit is provided. The method may include varying a data transmission rate value based on a difference between a received signal strength and a receiver sensitivity value and reducing the transmission power level when transmission is at the highest data transmission rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Chih C. Tsien, Jiewen Liu
  • Patent number: 6748194
    Abstract: Disclosed is a repeater system having an oscillation preventing function and an automatic reverse output disabling function, and a control method thereof, in which the reverse output of the repeater system is disabled upon detection of a non-subscriber interval in the service area or a reverse oscillation so as to prevent a drop in the capacity of a base station transceiver system and protect a reception path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Korea Telecom M.Com Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Min Oh, Byoung-Shik Kang, Hyung-Sik Cho, Wan Choi
  • Patent number: 6745003
    Abstract: A repeater system has at least one donor antenna element for communicating with a base station and at least one link antenna element for communicating with a remote station. A radio frequency uplink path and a radio frequency downlink path are coupled between the donor antenna and the null antenna. An adaptive cancellation circuit in each of the radio frequency uplink path and the radio frequency downlink path generates a cancellation signal, which when added to a radio frequency signal in either of the radio frequency uplink and radio frequency downlink paths, substantially cancels any feedback signal present in the radio frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory A. Maca, Mano D. Judd
  • Patent number: 6741587
    Abstract: The invention is a terminal, system and method for providing inter-frequency and inter-system handovers. A terminal 20′ in accordance with the invention includes at least one radio transceiver including P radio receivers and at least one transmitter (16) with P being an integer at least equal to 2. Each radio receiver includes an antenna (41) which receives M encoded data streams. A terminal controller 18 controls the that at least one radio transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Harri Holma, Antti Toskala
  • Patent number: 6735181
    Abstract: A wireless transceiver featuring a compensating filter circuit with a frequency and optionally an amplitude response which has the same function as the composite of filter effects from the transmit side as well as from the intermediate frequency (IF) stage of the receive side. The compensating filtering approximately duplicates the effects of the phase lock loop on the transmit side and the effects of IF filtering on the receive side, as well as amplitude distortion in the detector, which would delay or distort the audio. Then, the compensated audio is added or subtracted, depending on phase considerations, from the receive signal so that the receive signal is free of filter artifacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Babitch
  • Publication number: 20030236099
    Abstract: Speech recognition in mobile processor-based devices may be improved by using location information. Location information may be derived from on-board hardware or from information provided remotely. The location information may assist in a variety of ways in improving speech recognition. For example, the ability to adapt to the local ambient conditions, including reverberation and noise characteristics, may be enhanced by location information. In some embodiments, pre-developed models or context information may be provided from a remote server for given locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Michael E. Deisher, Robert C. Knauerhase
  • Patent number: 6642919
    Abstract: One or more controls producing control signals for electrical apparatus are disposed at the face of an electronic display screen which display graphics pertinent to the operation of the controls. Controls having a cap which is slidable along a track include a tongue in the track connecting with signal producing components at an off screen location thereby enabling use of a track of minimal bulk. Controls having slidable caps or turnable knobs and controls such as joysticks and switches snap engage at the face of the screen enabling easy replacement and movement to different locations on the screen. Control signals may be transmitted to an off screen location without use of conductors extending along the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Intertactile Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Denny Jaeger, Kenneth M. Twain
  • Publication number: 20030176166
    Abstract: Transmit a desired signal from a first antenna, and an interference signal from a second antenna, and calculate a weight vector by which the interference signal can be eliminated and the desired signal can be array-received by a third antenna and a fourth antenna. While having the third antenna and the fourth antenna array-transmit signals using the weight vector calculated, fluctuate the phase amount and the amplitude amount of the signals transmitted by the fourth antenna, so as to calculate a correction value from the phase amount and the amplitude amount at the time when the signal level of the signals received by the second antenna is minimum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Doi, Seigo Nakao, Takaaki Makita
  • Patent number: 6597102
    Abstract: A glass bulb for a cathode ray tube comprising a panel portion having a substantially rectangular face portion and a funnel portion having a neck portion, wherein when the glass bulb is used for a cathode ray tube, the glass bulb at least regionally suffers from a tensile stress resulting from the atmospheric pressure on the outer surface of the glass bulb having a vacuum inside, at least part of the face portion of the panel portion where the tensile stress over the face portion has a maximum value &sgr;VP has a compressive stress layer formed by chemical tempering on the outer surface, and the &sgr;VP, the magnitude of the compressive stress on the compressive stress layer &sgr;C MPa, and the thickness of the compressive stress layer tC &mgr;m satisfy the following relationship: 120/tC≧(1−|&sgr;VP/&sgr;C|)>30/tC provided that &sgr;VP≧20 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tsunehiko Sugawara, Mikio Miyamoto, Toshihiro Ohashi, Takahiro Murakami
  • Patent number: 6591086
    Abstract: A communication transceiver circuit intended for operation in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) system. The configuration eliminates the need for transmit-receive switches and the circuitry needed to operate them. Instead, a three port circulator is used to couple a transmitter section and receiver section to a common antenna. A signal power detector and blanking circuit are coupled to the receiver section input and arranged to generate a blanking signal for an input receiver amplifier. This disables the receiver during conditions when power reflected back through the antenna and circulator would otherwise saturate the receiver. In a preferred environment, a second circulator is connected to an intermediate frequency (IF) side of the transceiver together with a pair of isolators to permit the transceiver to be connected to IF equipment with a single cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Telaxis Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Wayne E. Pleasant
  • Publication number: 20030109222
    Abstract: The present invention provides, for use in a radio frequency (RF) transmitter that employs a power amplifier to transmit broadband signals, the power amplifier introducing amplitude and phase distortion, a group delay precompensator circuit. In one embodiment, the group delay precompensator circuit includes: (1) a Cartesian feedback loop coupled between an output of the power amplifier and an input of the RF transmitter; and (2) a group delay compensation block, located in the Cartesian feedback loop, that introduces an opposing phase characteristic into the Cartesian feedback loop and thereby precompensates for the phase distortion. A method of precompensating a group delay and an RF transmitter incorporating the precompensator or the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Agere Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanling Sun, Erik B. Busking
  • Patent number: 6539202
    Abstract: An interference canceling device comprising a flat phase IF narrow band BPF. A signal which has been branched from a signal on the main line is filtered by the BPF and is recombined with the signal on the main line. Phase rotation caused by frequency separation from the pass band center frequency does not occur because the phase characteristics of the BPF are substantially flat in the pass band. Thus, interference existing not only in a pin-point frequency, but over a band of frequencies can be cancelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Japan Radio Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Yamashita, Hironori Sakamoto, Tomohiro Sanpei, Tamaki Honda, Hiroshi Morita
  • Patent number: 6535723
    Abstract: A method of controlling the power in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment of the invention, a base station determines the information rate of a signal to be transmitted to a mobile station, and obtains the variable power control scaling factor based on this information rate. The base station then transmits the variable power control scaling factor to the mobile station. The mobile station determines a target signal quality measurement for a received signal from the base station, such as a target Eb/N0, and scales the target Eb/N0 by the variable power control scaling factor. The mobile station also obtains an information rate scaling factor based on the information rate of the received signal, and further scales the target Eb/N0 by this information rate scaling factor. The mobile station then compares the target Eb/N0 to a measured Eb/N0 of the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Frances Jiang, Raafat Edward Kamel, Quinn Li, Alexandro Federico Salvarani, Carl Francis Weaver
  • Publication number: 20030022626
    Abstract: The invention discloses a process for re-transmitting single frequency signals and a single frequency signal repeater, where coupling occurs between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna, and where the process is of the type used in a single frequency signal repeater and comprises the steps of: [a] receiving a first radio frequency signal having a particular receiving power, [b] optionally converting said first radio frequency signal into a process signal, [c] filtering, amplification and automatically controlling the gain of said signal, [d] canceling said coupling between said transmitting antenna and said receiving antenna, [e] reconverting, as the case may be, said process signal into a second radio frequency signal, [f] amplifying the power of said second radio frequency signal, [g] output filtering, and [g] transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Xavier Barba Miquel, Domenec Ibbora Archs, Pedro Mier Albert, Maria Maritxell Lamarca Orozco, Montserrat Najar Marion, Ana Isabel Perez Neira, Gregori Vazquez Grau
  • Patent number: 6510308
    Abstract: The invention compensates for any interference from a mobile communication unit to a positioning receiver unit in a multiple standard communication device with mobile communication and localization functionality. A first sub-unit receives input signals at a predetermined input level. A second sub-unit transmits output signals at an output level that is large compared to the input level of the first sub-unit. A branch-off unit branches off a part of the output signal before the antenna of the second sub-unit. An interference suppression unit receives the branch-off part of the output signal and derives an interference compensation signal therefrom through attenuation and subsequent phase shifting. The interference compensation signal is supplied to a superposition unit that also receives the input signal of the first sub-unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Harald Thomas, Walter Kodim, Roman Gloeckler, Herbert Dingfelder
  • Publication number: 20030013476
    Abstract: A forward link power control device for a mobile communication system supporting a transmission diversity function. The power control device comprises a base station device and mobile station device. The base station device transmits a traffic signal via at least two antennas, switches the traffic signal to be transmitted to any one of the two antennas based on a power control group period, and equally controls transmission power of the traffic signal being transmitted to the antennas according to power control information received via a reverse link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Jin-Soo Park, Soon-Young Yoon
  • Patent number: 6507570
    Abstract: A radio telephone for communicating in a spreadspectrum communication system having a plurality of radio channels of different frequencies; the radio telephone comprising communication means for establishing over one of said radio channels a communication link over which is communicated data and associated error correction data; a receiver operable to alternatively receive for a period a radio channel other than the established channel and processing means for measuring the radio signal characteristics of the other channel; the processing means being operable to use error correction data received over the established communication link to calculate the contents of the established communication link data of the radio channel signal during the period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
    Inventors: Harri Holma, Antti Toskala
  • Publication number: 20020193071
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for passive interference cancellation are provided. The apparatus includes a first and second radio operating on a same frequency band, a first and second coupler, and a first phase shifter. The first radio includes a first radio transceiver and a first radio antennae. The second radio includes a second radio antennae located a predetermined distance from the first radio antennae. A first coupler and second coupler are adjusted according to a coupling loss between the antennas. The first radio transceiver transmits a first signal. The first signal is divided by the first coupler to a first portion and a second portion. The first portion moves through the first radio antennae and is received by the second radio antennae. The second portion moves through the first phase shifter. Both portions of the first signal meet and cancel to achieve a specified isolation between the radios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: Alan E. Waltho
  • Patent number: 6493537
    Abstract: A radio repeater device, which can mutually communicate by relay of a vehicular terminal with a base station, comprises a first antenna to communicate with the base station, a second antenna to communicate with the vehicular terminal, and a repeater section which is connected with the first antenna and the second antenna, and to relay the base station and the vehicular terminal to be able to communicate therebetween, and, when the first antenna receives the signal from the vehicular terminal, an operation of at least the repeater section is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Harada Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noboru Ogawa
  • Patent number: 6487461
    Abstract: A method for aligning a plurality of thin film transistor tiles for constructing a flat panel display. A coverplate is arranged on a coverplate support. A first layer of a bonding material is applied to at least one of a first side of each of the tiles and a surface of the coverplate on which the tiles are to be secured. The tiles are arranged on the coverplate, such that the first layer of bonding material is arranged between the tiles and the coverplate. The tiles are connected to an alignment apparatus. The tiles are aligned relative to each other and the coverplate. The tiles are at least partially secured to the coverplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Gaynes, Allan O. Johnson, Ramesh R. Kodnani, Mark V. Pierson, Edward J. Tasillo
  • Publication number: 20020155809
    Abstract: The present system for determining the phase and amplitude of a radio occultation signal modifies the traditional Open Loop tracking process to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio, minimize the sampling rate, and also preserve the structure of the radio occultation signals. A radio occultation system includes a transmitter system, a receiver system, and a post-processing system. The receiver system receives the radio signal that is transmitted by the transmitter system through the earth's atmosphere, where it is occulted, and down converts the received radio occultation signal to generate a down converted signal based on a phase model that uses a refractivity climatology. The receiver system then low pass filters the down converted signal and samples the in-phase and quadrature components of the down converted and low pass filtered signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
    Inventors: Sergey V. Sokolovskiy, Christian Rocken
  • Publication number: 20020151310
    Abstract: By controlling reverse rates among mobile stations to reduce reverse-link interference, reverse-link throughput can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Sae-Young Chung, Dae-Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20020127968
    Abstract: While a spectrum waveform of an output signal from a subtracter (207) is visibly monitored, an operator controls a variable phases shifter (208) based upon a second control signal (CL2) so that a shape of a spectrum waveform of an output signal from a subtracter (207) is approximated to a spectrum waveform of a desirable wave to change a phase of a local oscillation frequency signal from a local oscillator (206). As a result, a phase of a duplicated loop signal is changed. Also, the operator controls a variable attenuator (209) based upon a first control signal (CL1) so that a shape of this spectrum waveform is approximated to a spectrum waveform of a desirable wave (20) to change a signal level of the duplicated loop signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Takemoto, Katsuyuki Kawase, Tetsu Takase, Jun Shibata