Internally Generated Noise Or Oscillations Patents (Class 455/310)
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Patent number: 9992158Abstract: Methods and systems for conveying locale information for an electronic device includes receiving, from a remote device and via a network interface of at least one network interfaces, a request for active or available locales for the electronic device. Conveying the locale information also includes sending, to the remote device and via the network interface, a message in a locale profile format including a list of available locales. The message includes a version field that indicates a version of schema used to transmit the list of available locales, an active local field that indicates a locale currently being used by the electronic device, and an available locales field that indicates which locales are available for use by the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Grant M. Erickson, Jay D. Logue
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Patent number: 9912674Abstract: In compiling map data, a server communicates with a programmable device and determines an authorization level of the device or a user of the device by comparing an authorization request with maintained authorization data; the server receives from the device first geocoordinates, a first property location identifier, and a first location description, the first geocoordinates locating a geoposition on or near a property identified by the first property location identifier; and the server incorporates one or more of the first geocoordinates, the first property location identifier, and the first location description into a database including a plurality of geocoordinates, if the determined authorization level matches or exceeds a property authorization level, wherein the property authorization level is associated with the property and is indicative of whether one of the user or the device is authorized to submit for incorporation into the database geocoordinate information and/or location description informationType: GrantFiled: January 18, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Inventor: James A. Stob
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Patent number: 9509354Abstract: A homodyne receiver (100, 200, 300), comprising a first mixer (115, 215, 315) with an RF input port (105, 213, 313) and an LO input port (110, 214, 314) for an LO signal and an output port (120, 217, 317) for the output signal of the first mixer which is also arranged to be the output port of the homodyne receiver. The homodyne receiver (100, 200, 300) also comprises a control unit (125) for controlling signal leakage from the LO input port (110, 214) to the RF input port (105, 213) of the first mixer (115, 215). The control unit (125) is arranged to control the leakage in amplitude and phase so that second-order distortion products and third order distortion products which are created when the RF and LO signals are mixed in the first mixer (115, 215) exhibit similar amplitudes but a phase difference of 180 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventor: Göran Nilsson
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Patent number: 9462440Abstract: Techniques are provided for delivering content to mobile communication devices related to interactions of members with a user community. The method involves detecting a communication session involving a mobile communication device; determining one or more context parameters associated with the communication session; and delivering content related to the context parameters to one or more mobile communication devices. Data is stored at a central computing entity that indicates association or membership of a plurality of mobile communication device users in a user community. The central computing entity detects when an action is taken by one mobile device user that is a member of the user community, and sends a notification to members of the social circle based on the detected action. These techniques allow individuals who are involved in a user community to maintain their interaction with the user community using their mobile communication devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: WECHAT INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD.Inventors: Kumar K. Vishwanathan, Prakash R. Iyer, Rangamani Sundar, Kumar Raman, Girish Hariharasubramani
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Patent number: 9407379Abstract: An apparatus for reducing a harmonic response in an electronic circuit is provided. The apparatus includes an RF input configured to provide a first signal operating at a radio frequency. The apparatus includes a local oscillator configured to produce a second signal operating at a local oscillator (LO) frequency. The apparatus includes a switching mixer configured to mix the first and second signals. The apparatus includes a notch filter comprising an inductor and a capacitor connected in parallel. The notch filter is directly coupled to an input of the switching mixer in series. The notch filter is tuned such that its resonant frequency is a harmonic of the LO frequency signal. In an aspect, the apparatus also includes a transformer configured to provide the first signal. In an aspect the apparatus also includes a second notch filter comprising a second inductor and a second capacitor connected in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Wing Fat Andy Lau, Jorge Andres Garcia, David Zixiang Yang, Ahmed Abdel Monem Youssef
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Patent number: 9058632Abstract: Techniques are provided for delivering content to mobile communication devices related to interactions of members with a user community. The method involves detecting a communication session involving a mobile communication device; determining one or more context parameters associated with the communication session; and delivering content related to the context parameters to one or more mobile communication devices. Data is stored at a central computing entity that indicates association or membership of a plurality of mobile communication device users in a user community. The central computing entity detects when an action is taken by one mobile device user that is a member of the user community, and sends a notification to members of the social circle based on the detected action. These techniques allow individuals who are involved in a user community to maintain their interaction with the user community using their mobile communication devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: WECHAT INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD.Inventors: Kumar K. Vishwanathan, Prakash R. Iyer, Rangamani Sundar, Kumar Raman, Girish Hariharasubramani
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Patent number: 9031528Abstract: A method for testing radio properties of a module in a platform. The module has at least one element, and the platform has at least one element in which an element includes a receiver. The method includes importing an identification of a plurality of elements and an identification of elements having receivers which are capable of measuring and communicating radio parameters. For each identified receiver, the receiver is enabled and a radio parameter measurement is performed and stored in which other identified elements are disabled for a reference level measurement. For each other identified element different from the identified receiver, a further radio parameter measurement is taken and stored for which the other element different from the identified receiver is enabled for a disturbance level measurement of the given other enabled element with respect to the identified enabled receiver.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Torbjörn Elfström
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Patent number: 9008604Abstract: A mixer includes an input stage to convert an RF input signal to an output signal, and a mixer core to mix the output signal from the input stage with a local oscillator signal. The input stage may include an input cell having a first differential pair of cross-connected transistors, and a linearizer coupled to the input cell. The linearizer may include a second differential pair of transistors having first and second inputs coupled to the input terminals and first and second outputs coupled to the output terminals.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.Inventors: Iliana Fujimori-Chen, Ed Balboni
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Patent number: 8977211Abstract: A system includes a radio frequency (RF) signal path configured to receive an input signal that includes at least one of a test signal and an RF signal. A local oscillator (LO) signal path is configured to supply a LO signal. A mixer includes a first input in communication with the RF signal path and a second input in communication with the LO signal path. A calibration control module is configured to receive an output of the mixer in response to the test signal and to adjust an effective duty cycle of the LO signal in the LO signal path based on the output of the mixer.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Carlo Tinella, Fernando De Bernardinis, Jody Greenberg
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Patent number: 8977223Abstract: A radio frequency receiver subject to a large in-band interferor employs active cancellation with coarse and at least one cancellation signals, each with a respective radio frequency combiner, in order to increase the effective dynamic range of the receiver for weak signals of interest. One or both can be digitally synthesized. This is particularly applicable for co-site interference, whereby the interfering transmit signal is directly accessible. A similar system and method may also be applied to external interferors such as those produced by deliberate or unintentional jamming signals, or by strong multipath signals. An adaptive algorithm may be used for dynamic delay and gain matching. In a preferred embodiment, a hybrid technology hybrid temperature system incorporates both superconducting and semiconducting components to achieve enhanced broadband performance.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Hypres, Inc.Inventors: Deepnarayan Gupta, Amol Inamdar
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Patent number: 8977222Abstract: A circuit for measurement of a phase noise of an oscillator may include the oscillator to generate a first signal having the same oscillation frequency as an instantaneous oscillation frequency of the oscillator. The circuit may include a first circuit that is configured to generate a second signal from the first signal. An instantaneous amplitude of the second signal may be related to the oscillation frequency of the first signal. A second circuit may be configured to integrate the second signal to generate a third signal. The third signal can be a measure of the phase noise of the oscillator. The third signal can be used to cancel some or all of the phase noise of the oscillator.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Mohyee Mikhemar, David Murphy, Hooman Darabi
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Patent number: 8868020Abstract: Techniques are provided for delivering content to mobile communication devices related to interactions of members with a user community. The method involves detecting a communication session involving a mobile communication device; determining one or more context parameters associated with the communication session; and delivering content related to the context parameters to one or more mobile communication devices. Data is stored at a central computing entity that indicates association or membership of a plurality of mobile communication device users in a user community. The central computing entity detects when an action is taken by one mobile device user that is a member of the user community, and sends a notification to members of the social circle based on the detected action. These techniques allow individuals who are involved in a user community to maintain their interaction with the user community using their mobile communication devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Wechat International Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Kumar K. Vishwanathan, Prakash R. Iyer, Rangamani Sundar, Kumar Raman, Girish Hariharasubramani
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Patent number: 8824988Abstract: A method for reciprocal-mixing noise cancellation may include receiving a baseband signal down-converted to baseband using a local oscillator (LO). The baseband signal may comprise a wanted signal and a reciprocal mixing noise, which at least partially overlaps the wanted signal and is due to mixing of a blocker signal with a phase noise of the LO. Blocker recovery may be performed on the baseband signal and a blocker estimate signal may be generated from the baseband signal. The phase noise of the LO may be measured and used in generating a phase noise measurement signal. The blocker estimate signal and the phase noise measurement signal may be processed to generate a reconstructed noise signal that may comprise the overlapping reciprocal mixing noise. The reconstructed noise signal may be subtracted from the baseband signal to provide the wanted signal free from to the reciprocal mixing noise.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Mohyee Mikhemar, David Murphy, Hooman Darabi
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Patent number: 8725851Abstract: Systems and methods for a contextual data platform are provided. According to one embodiment, a HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) request is generated by a user agent running on an Internet-enabled device. The HTTP request includes multiple HTTP header fields complying with Request for Comments (RFC) 2616. Each of the HTTP header fields includes a name-value pair having a name separated from a value by a colon. The value of the name-value pair of an HTTP header field is set based on a privacy setting or a data sharing setting that was established based on input received from an end user of the Internet-enabled device. A web server is directed by the user agent to return content tailored in accordance with the privacy setting or the data sharing setting by transmitting the HTTP request to the web server.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2013Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: RPX CorporationInventors: Kevin J. Kiley, Peter J. Cranstone, Elizabeth A. Coker
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Patent number: 8712361Abstract: A method for reciprocal-mixing noise cancellation may include receiving, from a first mixer, a first signal comprising a wanted signal at a first frequency and a modulated signal at a second frequency. The modulated signal may be a product of a reciprocal-mixing of an unwanted signal with a phase noise. The second frequency may be greater than the first frequency, and at least a portion of the modulated signal may overlap the wanted signal, adding a reciprocal-mixing noise to the wanted signal. Using the first signal, a narrow second signal may be generated at a third frequency, twice the second frequency. At a second mixer, the second signal may be mixed with the first signal to generate a third signal. The third signal may be subtracted from the first signal to remove a reciprocal-mixing noise and to generate the wanted signal at the first frequency without the reciprocal-mixing noise.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Mohyee Mikhemar, David Murphy, Hooman Darabi
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Patent number: 8699984Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adjusting a noise figure in a radio receiver. An example method includes receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal at a RF receiver section. The RF receiver section includes at least one RF receiver element. The RF receiver element is controllable by at least one tuning variable. The RF signal is processed to generate a processed analog signal, which is converted to a digital signal. The digital signal is used to determine a performance parameter. The at least one tuning variable of the at least one RF receiver element is controlled to adjust the noise figure based on the performance parameter. In another aspect of the invention, an example radio receiver is provided. The radio receiver includes a RF receiver section having at least one RF receiver element. A controller determines a performance parameter using the digital signal and controls the at least one tuning variable to adjust the noise figure based on the performance parameter.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: CSR Technology Inc.Inventors: Armando J. Mendoza, Noshir B. Dubash
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Publication number: 20140073280Abstract: A system for cancellation of a reciprocal-mixing noise may comprise a down-converter mixer that may be configured to down convert a radio-frequency (RF) signal and to generate a baseband signal. The RF signal may include a desired signal and a blocker signal. A first signal path may be configured to receive the baseband signal and to generate a first signal. A second signal path may be configured to receive the baseband signal and to generate a second signal. A subtraction module may be configured to subtract the second signal from the first signal and to generate an output signal. The second signal may comprise the reciprocal-mixing noise, and the output signal may comprise the desired signal substantially free from the reciprocal-mixing noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: Mohyee MIKHEMAR, David MURPHY, Ahmad MIRZAEI, Hooman DARABI
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Patent number: 8644785Abstract: This disclosure relates to low noise amplifiers (LNAs) and more particularly to LNAs integrated on integrated circuit (IC) chips along with radio frequency (RF) amplifiers. In one implementation, an impedance translator is coupled to an amplifier, the impedance translator to cause the amplifier to selectively amplify the one or more components of a received signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbHInventors: Rastislav Vazny, Krzysztof Dufrene, Hans Pletzer, Werner Schelmbauer, Harald Pretl
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Patent number: 8639785Abstract: Systems and methods for an unsolicited cookie enabled contextual data platform are provided. According to one embodiment, a mobile device is able to reconfigure a browser menu. An HTTP request is transmitted to a server device relating to a service supported by the server device. The request contains therein an unsolicited cookie including data indicative of information regarding (a) an end user of the mobile device, (b) the mobile device, (c) a location of the mobile device and/or (d) a network to which the mobile device is connected. Responsive to the request, an HTML file is received from the server device having embedded therein contextual menu information based on the service and the unsolicited cookie. The contextual menu information is extracted from the HTML file. End user interaction with the service is then customized by dynamically reconfiguring a browser menu of the mobile device based on the contextual menu information.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: 5o9, Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Kiley, Peter J. Cranstone, Elizabeth A. Coker
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Patent number: 8634793Abstract: A radio frequency receiver on an integrated circuit (RFIC) includes an oscillator circuit, which generates a radio frequency (RF) oscillatory signal having a predetermined frequency that is outside of an intermediate frequency passband of the RFIC. An amplitude modulator modulates the RF oscillatory signal to produce an amplitude modulated signal which is applied to a mixer that downconverts the amplitude modulated signal. A calibration circuit receives the downconverted signal, including second order modulation (IM2) products, and, responsive to the IM2 products, generates a bias signal that is applied to the mixer to reduce the IM2 products.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: CSR Technology Inc.Inventors: Joakim Landmark, Noshir Dubash, Daniel Babitch
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Patent number: 8626104Abstract: In a closed-loop wireless communication system, a codebook-based feedback mechanism is provided where each codeword indicates a particular profile to be used to provide a target performance measure (e.g., bit error rate or spectral efficiency) for the transmission channel. This may be accomplished by using a multi-stage quantization process to construct the codewords as a plurality of transmission parameters specifying a MIMO transmission scheme, precoding vector or matrix, power allocation in space/time/frequency, modulation and channel code.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kaibin Huang, Jayesh H. Kotecha
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Patent number: 8606279Abstract: A radio frequency communications network system and protocol for allowing the dissemination of data to be shared by devices within a network. The invention is particularly useful when the devices are out of transmission range of each other. The network includes repeater devices located between the devices to manage a data transfer in the network. The invention also provides for data transfer management in the presence of collisions between conflicting data transmissions.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2004Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Clipsal Integrated Systems Pty Ltd.Inventors: Ashleigh Glen Quick, Donald Murray Terrace
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Patent number: 8600332Abstract: Electronic devices contain radio-frequency receivers such as direct conversion receivers. A receiver may receive radio-frequency antenna signals from an antenna in an electronic device. The receiver may include notch filters that attenuate signals in the center of the communications channel that is being received by the receiver. An electronic device may include a clock source. The clock source may be used to clock electrical components in the electronic device. During operation, the clock source may produce radio-frequency interference signals at an associated interferer frequency. The potential for the interference signals to disrupt operation of the receiver can be reduced by configuring the electronic device so that the interferer frequency is aligned with the center of the communications channel. The clock source may be adjusted dynamically to accommodate changes in the communications channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: John G. Dorsey
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Patent number: 8600329Abstract: An interfering signal canceller has a passive isolation element fed by an input signal in a primary path. A first frequency converter is in an auxiliary path and is fed by an input signal for converting the input signal to an intermediate or baseband signal. A bandpass filter is tuned to the interfering signal component for passing the interfering signal component of the converted input signal and suppressing the desired signal component. A second frequency converter/phase rotator section has a phase rotator fed by a local oscillator signal and a second frequency converter fed by the phase rotator and the bandpass filter. The second frequency converter/phase rotator section convert and phase adjust the passed the interfering signal component and the suppressed desired signal component to the predetermined band of frequencies. A combiner combines signals in the primary signal path and from the second frequency converter/phase rotator section.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Jonathan P. Comeau, Matthew A. Morton
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Patent number: 8583070Abstract: Techniques are described to improve the electrical characterization of ICs and PCBs in a manner that ultimately contributes to network optimization by improving sensitivity without increasing power consumption. Knowledge generated by, for example, emissions and susceptibility profiles, is used to dynamically optimize sensitivity for a device, such as a handset, to take into account its operating environment in a network. In an exemplary embodiment, the handset takes advantage of a priori computed and/or measured electromagnetic interference profiles (such as noise profiles) to reduce or minimize interference among components in the device. In one scenario, using the knowledge of which components are interference aggressors, and which are victims of the potential interference scenarios, device operational states are adaptively configured.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Mehyar Khazei
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Patent number: 8565709Abstract: A passive filter circuit filters an input signal to attenuate an undesired frequency. The passive filter circuit includes a first stage and a second stage. The input to the first stage is the input signal. The first stage includes a first inductor and a first branch coupled to the output of the first inductor. The first branch includes a first capacitor and a second inductor. The first stage is coupled to the second stage. The second stage includes a third inductor and a second branch coupled to the output of the third inductor. The second branch includes a second capacitor. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Scott P. Mullins, Timothy M. Johnson, Yehonatan Perez
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Patent number: 8559905Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are disclosed for suppressing the 2LO frequency spur, output from a mixer. In various exemplary embodiments, a DC bias circuit is electrically connected to provide DC bias to one or more non-linear elements of the mixer. The biasing voltage is used to cause the current-voltage characteristics and/or junction capacitances between non-linear elements to be more symmetric and/or to suppress 2LO leakage currents that form 2LO frequency spurs at the output of the mixer. The non-linear elements may comprise one of: BJT's, diodes, and FET's. The mixer may be one of: a subharmonic mixer; a fundamental resistive mixer; a fundamental subharmonic transconductance mixer; and a fundamental transconductance mixer comprising an anti-parallel diode pair. The system may further be configured to automatically determine an appropriate DC bias voltage level that will improve one of the LO-IF isolation and the LO-RF isolation.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: ViaSat, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth V. Buer, Gaurav Menon, Ramanamurthy V. Darapu, Dean Muellenberg
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Patent number: 8538365Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving and processing an incoming radio frequency (RF) signal in a receiver. Based on this signal, an environmental noise level can be determined, where this level corresponds to environmental noise present in an environment in which the receiver is located. Then, if the environmental noise level is substantially greater than receiver-generated noise, power consumption of at least one analog front end component of the receiver can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Russell Croman, Christopher S. Gregg, Dan B. Kasha, Michael R. May, John Khoury, Javier Elenes
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Patent number: 8526903Abstract: Techniques for performing transmit (TX) leakage cancellation are described. A receiver includes a low noise amplifier (LNA) and a TX leakage canceller. The LNA amplifies a receiver input signal and provides an amplified signal. The TX leakage canceller includes a downconverter, a notch filter, and an upconverter. The downconverter downconverts a canceller input signal (e.g., obtained from the LNA output) with a first LO signal at a transmit frequency and provides a downconverted signal. The notch filter filters the downconverted signal to pass an undesired signal (e.g., a TX leakage signal) and attenuate a jammer and a desired signal in the canceller input signal. The upconverter upconverts the filtered signal with a second LO signal at the transmit frequency and provides a feedback signal. The feedback signal is subtracted at the input or output of the LNA to cancel the undesired signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2008Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM, IncorporatedInventors: Prasad S Gudem, Li-Chung Chang
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Patent number: 8503964Abstract: A symmetrical, balanced, down-conversion mixer is achieved by the coordinated layout of a balanced Local Oscillator (LO) divider circuit and a balanced Radio Frequency (RF) mixer circuit, such that the LO divider is in the center and the RF mixer is arrayed symmetrically around the LO divider. In particular, the LO divider is partitioned into four portions (e.g., Ip, In, Qp, Qn), which are placed in respective quadrants, defined by orthogonal reference axes through the LO divider center. The RF mixer is similarly partitioned into four corresponding portions, which are placed around the LO divider portions in each quadrant. By integrating the LO divider and RF mixer in the layout of the symmetric, balanced, down-conversion mixer, greater component matching and control of current paths are possible, improving operational quality parameters such as IRR, IP2, and LO feedthrough.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: St-Ericsson SAInventors: Sjoerd Martijn Herder, Berend Hendrik Essink, Johannes Petrus Antonius Frambach
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Patent number: 8489040Abstract: A clock generator circuit generates a wanted RF clock signal by using an up-converter, a spurious tone cancellation circuit, a controller, and at least two clock driver/dividers. The spurious tone cancellation circuit includes a tone detection circuit and a tone generation circuit. The up-converter mixes modulation signals with local quadrature RF clock signals to create an up-converted signal having a frequency tone equal to a desired frequency of the wanted RF clock signal. The first clock driver/divider amplifies and clips the up-converted signal into a first-clipped clock signal. The tone detection circuit detects the amplitude and phase of unwanted tones of the first-clipped clock signal in the baseband domain and provides information to the controller, which controls the tone generation circuit to cancel the unwanted tones and create a compensated version of first-clipped clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Fenghao Mu
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Patent number: 8437724Abstract: A method and system for output common mode control for reducing DC offset for an IF mixer that downconverts a received signal to DC without introducing additional offset is provided. Aspects of the method may comprise averaging signals having an output common mode DC level, which are generated from an output of the mixer. This determined average may then be compared to a reference voltage. The reference voltage may be an output common mode DC level required for baseband processing. The output common mode DC level may be corrected at an input of the mixer for signals that may subsequently be generated from an output of the mixer by utilizing results from the comparison. The corrected common mode DC offset level may be fed back to an input of the mixer.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Meng-An Pan
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Patent number: 8422975Abstract: Disclosed are circuits, techniques and methods for removing one or more harmonics from a waveform that has been mixed with a local oscillator. In one particular example, such a waveform may also be mixed with a second local oscillator at a different frequency and combined with the first mixed waveform to suppress and/or substantially remove the one or more harmonics.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM, IncorporatedInventors: Manas Behera, Junxiong Deng
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Patent number: 8380156Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device includes a circuit board carried by a housing. A microprocessor, RF transceiver and circuitry are carried by the circuit board and operative with each other. Clock buffer circuitry is carried by the circuit board and connected to the RF transceiver and circuitry and microprocessor for isolating a clock signal from the noise of the microprocessor and allowing greater isolation for the RF transceiver from RF circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Lizhong Zhu, Robert Grant
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Patent number: 8363849Abstract: In one embodiment, an automated interferometric noise measurement system includes: a signal source adapted to provide a carrier signal; a delay line adapted to delay a first version of the carrier signal to provide a delayed signal to a device-under-test (DUT); a variable attenuator adapted to attenuate a second version of the carrier signal to provide an attenuated signal; a first variable phase-shifter adapted to phase-shift the attenuated signal to provide a first phase-shifted signal; a hybrid coupler adapted to receive an output signal from the DUT and the first phase-shifted signal to provide a carrier-suppressed signal and a carrier-enhanced signal; a low-noise amplifier adapted to amplify the carrier-suppressed signal to provide an amplified signal; a second variable phase-shifter adapted to phase-shift a version of the carrier-enhanced signal to provide a second phase-shifted signal; a first mixer adapted to mix a first version of the amplified signal and the second phase-shifted signal to provide aType: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Omniphase Research Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Eugene Rzyski, Todd Wangsness
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Patent number: 8315584Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit for broadcast receivers, which integrates an RF circuit, a mixer, an IF circuit, and an intermediate-frequency signal processing circuit onto a single chip, additionally includes a second RF circuit whose input terminal is grounded through an impedance equivalent to or almost the same as the output impedance of an antenna circuit, and a second mixer downstream of the second RF circuit. The second RF circuit and the second mixer each has an input impedance equivalent to that of the received signal subsystem; therefore, a spurious component equivalent to the spurious component contained in the output signal of the received signal subsystem is detected in the second RF circuit and in the second mixer, and cancels out the spurious component contained in the output signal of the received signal subsystem. Accordingly, the effects of noise due to spurious can be effectively reduced.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Yasuo Oba
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Patent number: 8285240Abstract: Receiver architectures and methods of processing harmonic rich input signals employing harmonic suppression mixers are disclosed herein. The disclosed receivers, mixers, and methods enable a receiver to achieve the advantages of switching mixers while greatly reducing the mixer response to the undesired harmonics. A harmonic mixer can include a plurality of mixers coupled to an input signal. A plurality of phases of a local oscillator signal can be generated from a single local oscillator output. Each of the phases can be used to drive an input of one of the mixers. The mixer outputs can be combined to generate a frequency converted output that has harmonic rejection.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.Inventors: Kishore Seendripu, Raymond Montemayor, Sheng Ye, Glenn Chang, Curtis Ling
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Patent number: 8280314Abstract: A method for compensating a transceiver for impairments includes transmitting a plurality of partial bandwidth training signals using a transmitter. A plurality of response signals of a receiver having a bandwidth and exhibiting receiver impairments is captured. Each response signal is associated with one of the partial bandwidth training signals. Each of the partial bandwidth training signals is associated with a portion of the receiver bandwidth. A plurality of partial compensation filters is generated based on the plurality of response signals. Each partial compensation filter is associated with one of the response signals. The partial compensation filters are combined to configure a receiver compensation filter operable to compensate for the receiver impairments.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Michael Steven Heutmaker, Walter Honcharenko
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Patent number: 8275321Abstract: An electrical circuit comprises a source of an interferer signal; at least one component configured for using the signal; at least two electrically parallel conductive paths by which the signal can pass between the source and each of the at least one components; and a signal path selector configured to selectively enable the signal to pass from the source to the component by any of the at least two conductive paths and to, when one of the paths is enabled to carry the signal, disable each of the other at least two paths from carrying the signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2008Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Ian Sabberton, Paul Christopher Egan
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Patent number: 8260227Abstract: A direct conversion receiver and a DC offset cancellation method are provided. An RF module receives a transmission signal to generate an RF signal. A mixer converts the RF signal to a mixer output comprising baseband and imaginary parts. A filter module filters out the imaginary part of the mixer output and adjusts gain of the baseband part to generate a baseband signal. A calibrator performs a calibration to determine a mismatch value of the mixer. A static DC offset canceller provides a constant offset compensation according to the mismatch value; wherein the mismatch value is used to minimize component mismatching effects of the mixer.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Mediatek Inc.Inventor: Chinq-Shiun Chiu
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Publication number: 20120201175Abstract: This disclosure relates to low noise amplifiers (LNAs) and more particularly to LNAs integrated on integrated circuit (IC) chips along with radio frequency (RF) amplifiers. In one implementation, an impedance translator is coupled to an amplifier, the impedance translator to cause the amplifier to selectively amplify the one or more components of a received signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Inventors: Rastislav Vazny, Krzysztof Dufrene, Hans Pletzer, Werner Schelmbauer, Harald Pretl
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Patent number: 8213930Abstract: Systems and methods for signalling transitions between talk-spurt state and silence state for wireless terminals having semi-persistently allocated uplink resources are employed. A layer 1/2 indication of the state transitions may be transmitted using a resource that is specifically allocated for that purpose. Alternatively, ACK/NACK signalling may be employed. Layer 1 indications may be employed for both state transition types. Alternatively, in-band MAC layer signalling may be used to signal state transition from talk-spurt state to silence, or the network may deduce this state transition on its own. A different uplink wireless transition resource is allocated for the talk-spurt state vs. the silence state.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Zhijun Cai, James Earl Womack, Takashi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8189655Abstract: A digital amplifier amplifies an input signal from a tuner (107) which receives a broadcast wave of a set receiving frequency so as to suppress degradation of the high-band reproduction performance and lowering of the amplification efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2007Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryota Homma, Koji Kudo
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Patent number: 8180310Abstract: This disclosure relates to low noise amplifiers (LNAs) and more particularly to LNAs integrated on integrated circuit (IC) chips along with radio frequency (RF) amplifiers.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbHInventors: Rastislav Vazny, Krzysztof Dufrene, Hans Pletzer, Werner Schelmbauer, Harald Pretl
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Patent number: 8160532Abstract: Techniques are provided for delivering content to mobile communication devices related to interactions of members with a user community. The method involves detecting a communication session involving a mobile communication device; determining one or more context parameters associated with the communication session; and delivering content related to the context parameters to one or more mobile communication devices. Data is stored at a central computing entity that indicates association or membership of a plurality of mobile communication device users in a user community. The central computing entity detects when an action is taken by one mobile device user that is a member of the user community, and sends a notification to members of the social circle based on the detected action. These techniques allow individuals who are involved in a user community to maintain their interaction with the user community using their mobile communication devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Skyweaver, Inc.Inventors: Kumar K. Vishwanathan, Prakash R. Iyer, Rangamani Sundar, Kumar Raman, Girish Hariharasubramani
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Patent number: 8156206Abstract: Systems and methods for a contextual data platform are provided. According to one embodiment, an Internet-enabled mobile device is provided, including a storage device having embodied thereon instructions and one or more processors operable to execute the instructions. An HTTP request relating to a service supported by the server device and contextual information including (a) information regarding an end user, (b) information regarding the mobile device and (c) information regarding a location of the mobile device are concurrently transmitted to the server device. Responsive to the request and the contextual information, an HTML file within which contextual menu information based on the service and the contextual information is embedded is received from the server device. Contextual menu information is extracted from the HTML file. End user interaction with the service is customized by dynamically reconfiguring a browser menu of the mobile device based on the contextual menu information.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: 5o9, Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Kiley, Peter J. Cranstone, Elizabeth A. Coker
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Patent number: 8150360Abstract: A direct conversion receiver (200) includes a low noise amplifier (LNA) (213), at least one baseband amplifier (119, 123 and 127), register banks (250 and 251) for storing a plurality of offset data corresponding to at least two LNA gain settings and a plurality of baseband gain settings, a DC offset correction system (235) for providing a DC offset signal, a state machine (275) for sequencing through each of the plurality of baseband gain settings and through enable and disable states for the LNA, and a processor (290) programmed to activate the state machine and to run the DC offset correction system.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Inventors: Jorge Ivonnet, Chuanzhao Yu
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Patent number: 8116716Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device includes a circuit board carried by a housing. A microprocessor, RF transceiver and circuitry are carried by the circuit board and operative with each other. Clock buffer circuitry is carried by the circuit board and connected to the RF transceiver and circuitry and microprocessor for isolating a clock signal from the noise of the microprocessor and allowing greater isolation for the RF transceiver from RF circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2010Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Lizhong Zhu, Robert Grant
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Patent number: 8064869Abstract: The present invention discloses a mixer comprising with an input stage (100) for receiving and amplifying input signals (VINP, VINN) and an output stage (300) for outputting output signals (Voutp, Voutn). A switching stage (200) is coupled between the input stage (100) and the output stage (300), the switching stage (200) mixing the amplified input signals with a local oscillator signal (vlop, vlon) to produce the output signals (Voutp, Voutn) at the output stage (300). An RC circuit (cop, rop; con, ron) is connected to the output stage (300) and adapted to move the pole of the output signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.Inventor: Ricardo dos Santos Reis
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Patent number: 8055233Abstract: A high linearity mixer circuit includes a commutation network comprising four switches to provide an electrical coupling between a first pair of circuit nodes and a second pair of circuit nodes, whereas the coupling has two states and is controlled by a pair of complementary logical signals. The mixer circuit further comprises a first pair of current-sourcing devices coupled to the first pair of circuit nodes and a second pair of current-sourcing devices coupled to the second pair of circuit nodes. The mixer circuit further includes a pair of capacitors to provide AC coupling, either between the first pair of circuit nodes and a first external circuit, or between the second pair of circuit nodes and a second external circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.Inventors: Hong Yean Hsieh, Chao-Cheng Lee, Chia-Liang Lin