With Particular Receiver Circuit Patents (Class 455/334)
  • Patent number: 8688064
    Abstract: A receiver may comprise a plurality of signal processing paths, a bin-wise combiner, and an inverse transformation block. Each signal processing path may comprise a transformation block that is operable to transform a time-domain digital signal to an associated frequency-domain signal having a plurality of subband signals. The bin-wise combiner may be operable to combine corresponding subband signals of the plurality of signal processing paths. The inverse transformation block may be operable to transform output of the bin-wise combiner to an associated time-domain signal. The transformation block in each said signal processing path may be a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) block. The number of points used by the FFT block of any one of said plurality of signal processing paths may be based on the delay spread of a signal input to the one of the signal processing paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand K. Anandakumar, Curtis Ling, Sugbong Kang
  • Patent number: 8688067
    Abstract: A sampling circuit and a receiver are provided having a high flexibility of filter design and excellent characteristics for removing an interfering wave. Provided also are a sampling circuit and a receiver having a low level of the higher harmonic spurious. The sampling circuit includes a charge sampling circuit, which executes sampling of an input signal, and a plurality of charge sharing circuits connected in parallel to the output stage of the charge sampling circuit. The charge sharing circuits include a charge sharing circuit group having transmission functions different from one another, a synthesis circuit, which is arranged at the output side of the charge sharing circuit group and synthesizes the outputs of the charge sharing circuits, and a digital control unit, which outputs a control signal for controlling the operation of the charge sharing circuit group and the synthesis circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Yohei Morishita
  • Patent number: 8682269
    Abstract: A first radio receiver may be configured to receive an RF signal from an RF port and may comprise a first cascode amplifier configured to provide a primary RF signal on a primary path for processing by the first RF receiver and a bypass RF signal on a bypass path. A second radio receiver may be configured to receive a sum of the bypass RF signal and an amplified primary RF signal. As a result, the second radio receiver is coupled to the same RF port and the signal received by the second receiver is maintained constant irrespective of the RF signal current drawn by the first receiver. The product of the impedance of the tuned load of the first radio receiver and the gain of the amplifier amplifying the primary RF signal is set to unity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Gireesh Rajendran
  • Patent number: 8676146
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first integrated circuit including an internal component section capable of being adjusted with adjustment data, a nonvolatile memory in which beforehand acquired adjustment data of a result of adjustment carried out in advance for the internal component section are stored, and an interface section having a data transfer function of transferring the beforehand acquired adjustment data read out from the nonvolatile memory to the outside and a data storage function of storing actual use adjustment data sent thereto from the outside and supplying the stored actual use adjustment data to the internal component section; and a second integrated circuit including a signal processor, to which the interface section of the first integrated circuit is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naruhiro Yoshida, Hiroshi Aoki, Takahiro Okada, Tatsuo Shinbashi, Nobuo Kato, Taiwa Okanobu
  • Patent number: 8676147
    Abstract: A detection system includes a receiver configured to generate a receiver signal representative of detected electromagnetic energy, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to generate a plurality of signal samples based on the receiver signal. The detection system also includes a detection module configured to identify a plurality of sample offsets for the signal samples, and execute a plurality of autocorrelation functions on the signal samples to provide an output of each of the autocorrelation functions, wherein each autocorrelation function is executed on at least a portion of the signal samples identified by a sample offset of the plurality of sample offsets. The detection module is also configured to compute a sum of the autocorrelation function outputs, normalize the sum of the autocorrelation function outputs, and determine whether a signal of interest is present within the electromagnetic energy based on the normalized sum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel J. Curry, Masahiro Sayano, David M. Schwartz, Kristine Y. Tsai
  • Patent number: 8670735
    Abstract: Provided are a receiver and a method of estimating signal to noise power ratio. The receiver estimates a signal-to-noise power ratio, according to an average value of a signal power and an average value of a noise power of a reference signal mapped to the received signal, estimates signal-to-noise power ratio by means of EESM operation according to each signal-to-noise power ratio of the reference signal, makes a judgment on a magnitude of either the signal-to-noise power ratio appointed according to the average values or the signal-to-noise power ratio estimated by means of the EESM operation, and outputs one of the signal-to-noise power ratio appointed according to the average values and the signal-to-noise power ratio estimated by means of the EESM operation, as a reception quality SNR, in response to the judgment result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, NTT DoCoMo, Inc
    Inventor: Masahito Sakai
  • Patent number: 8670741
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses, systems and methods relating to a mixer having high second- and third-order intercept points are disclosed. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Guo, Patrick T. Clancy, Peter J. Mares
  • Patent number: 8666353
    Abstract: A wireless device includes processing circuitry, a receiver section, a transmitter section, and an antenna. The processing circuitry determines a set of information signals of a RF Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal. The receiver section down-converts a portion of the RF MFBMS signal by one or more respective shift frequencies to produce a corresponding baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) information signal from which the processing circuitry extracts data. The transmitter section converts a respective BB/IF information signal received from the processing circuitry by a respective shift frequency to produce a corresponding RF information signal and a combiner that combines the RF information signals to form a RF MFBMS signal. The receiver section and the transmitter section include ADCs and/or DACs, respectively, that are adjustable based upon characteristics of the RF MFBMS signal, the BB/IF MFBMS signal, and/or based upon signals carried therein, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: John Walley, David Rosmann, Arya Reza Behzad, Jeyhan Karaoguz, Vinko Erceg, Brima B. Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 8666348
    Abstract: A noise canceling control apparatus obtains information about current communication quality of a terminal, obtains a terminal state, obtains canceling parameters and data indicating the degree of a canceling effect from a holding unit configured to make an association among a terminal state, canceling parameters used when a canceling process is executed for a noise, and data indicating the degree of a canceling effect, and to record the terminal state, the canceling parameters, and the data, calculates communication quality when the canceling process is assumed to be executed for the terminal by using the obtained canceling parameters using the information about the current communication quality, and the data indicating the degree of the canceling effect, outputs canceling parameters with which the communication quality is predicted to be obtained, and executes the canceling process for the noise that occurs within the terminal by using the output canceling parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Akira Itasaki, Shinichi Shiotsu, Koichi Yokota
  • Patent number: 8660515
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus incorporate both a wireless physical interface and audio processing unit on a single integrated circuit. The wireless physical interface may include a receiver, transmitter, or a complete transceiver. The audio processing unit is typically in communication with both the wireless interface and one or more wired physical interfaces. The integrated circuit may be as simple as a wireless physical interface and audio processing unit, or it may include other circuits such as graphics processors, networking interfaces, memories, or other circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventor: Chris Alan Malachowsky
  • Patent number: 8660510
    Abstract: Provided is a receiving apparatus for processing an analog baseband signal in an information terminal that communicates using a dielectric. The receiving apparatus includes an electrode for receiving an electric-field signal; a first gain adjuster for gain adjustment by amplifying the received signal; a channel selection filter for selecting a signal corresponding to a receive channel bandwidth from the gain-adjusted signal; a second gain adjuster for gain adjustment by amplifying the selected signal; a comparator for converting a signal output from the second gain adjuster into a digital signal; an oversampler for oversampling the digital signal at a frequency fClock higher than a receive channel frequency fSignal; a demodulator for demodulating the oversampled signal; and a clock generator for providing necessary a clock signal to the oversampler and the demodulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Seong-Jun Song, Sang-Yun Hwang, Chul-Jin Kim, Jong-Rim Lee, Hyun-Kuk Choi, Seok-Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 8644773
    Abstract: A multiband low noise amplifier (LNA) with parallel resonant feedback includes an amplifier element configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal at an RF input and provide an amplified version of the RF signal at an RF output, a resistive feedback circuit coupled between the RF input and the RF output, and a plurality of series-coupled resonant circuits coupled in series with the resistive feedback circuit between the RF input and the RF output of the amplifier element, wherein each of the resonant circuits is configured to operate as an effective short circuit at a frequency other than a resonant frequency and configured to operate as an effective open circuit at the resonant frequency to decouple the resistive feedback from the amplifier element at each resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Haki Cebi
  • Patent number: 8644787
    Abstract: A method of separating individual channels from a composite or broadband RF signal that carries the channels on respective frequencies. An RF signal is received from an antenna at a high impedance input port of a plurality of mixers. A local oscillator (LO) signal is received at a high impedance port of the plurality of mixers. The plurality of mixers separately mix the RF signal to produce a plurality of common intermediate frequency (IF) signals. The plurality of common IF signals are output to filters corresponding to the individual isolated channels then processed to derive their information content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell D. Wyse, Mark A. Willi
  • Patent number: 8644788
    Abstract: A signal receiver used in a satellite communication system is provided. The signal receiver comprises a first type code generator, a second type code generator, a composite code generator, a correlation module and a determining module. The first type code generator generates a first type code corresponding to a first type signal. The second type code generator generates a second type code corresponding to a second type signal and having a code length N-time longer than that of the first type code. The composite code generator generates a composite code by superimposing N successive first type codes on the second type code. The correlation module correlates the composite code with a cell of a received signal to generate correlation results. The determining module determines a type of the received signal according to correlation results of the composite code with the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Skytraq Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Hung-Yi Yang
  • Publication number: 20140029658
    Abstract: Receiver design techniques are provided that are capable of producing relatively efficient, linear radio frequency (RF) receivers. During a design process, components of an analog receiver chain and digital nonlinearity compensation techniques are considered together to achieve reduced power consumption in the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Helen Kim, Merlin Green, Andrew Bolstad, Daniel D. Santiago, Michael N. Ericson, Karen Gettings, Benjamin A. Miller
  • Patent number: 8639205
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment disclosed comprises a mixer having a plurality of input leads; a first degenerative impedance element coupled to a first input lead of the mixer; a second degenerative impedance element coupled to a second input lead of the mixer; and a local oscillator (LO) system comprising a plurality of duty cycle modes to generate a LO signal for the mixer, the local oscillator system operates in a first duty cycle based on a first gain state of the mixer, and in a second duty cycle based on a second gain state of the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Junxiong Deng, Aristotele Hadjichristos, Aleksandar Tasic, Frederic Bossu
  • Patent number: 8634787
    Abstract: Provision of gigabit-rate data transmission over wireless radio links, using carrier frequencies in the millimeter-wave range (>30 GHz). More specifically, a circuit for detection of amplitude-shift keyed (ASK) or other amplitude modulations (AM) which can be easily incorporated into an integrated circuit receiver system is described, making the receiver capable of supporting both complex IQ modulation schemes and simpler, non-coherent on-off or multiple-level keying signals. Several novel radio architectures are also described which, with the addition of a frequency discriminator network, have the capability of handling frequency shift keyed (FSK) or other frequency modulations (FM), as well as AM and complex IQ modulation schemes. These radio architectures support this wide variety of modulations by efficiently sharing detector hardware components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Troy J. Beukema, Scott K. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 8626106
    Abstract: A cascode common source and common gate LNAs operating at 60 GHz are introduced and described. The cascode common source LNA is simulated to arrive at an optimum ratio of upper device width to the lower device width. The voltage output of the cascode common source LNA is translated into a current to feed and apply energy to the mixer stage. These input current signals apply the energy associated with the current directly into the switched capacitors in the mixer to minimize the overall power dissipation of the system. The LNA is capacitively coupled to the mixer switches in the I and Q mixers and are enabled and disabled by the clocks generated by the quadrature oscillator. These signals are then amplified by a differential amplifier to generate the sum and difference frequency spectra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Tensorcom, Inc.
    Inventor: Zaw Soe
  • Patent number: 8620248
    Abstract: A multichannel receiver system comprises a first plurality of receiver circuits, each having a first input connected to a corresponding one of a second plurality of input lines, each being arranged to provide a corresponding one of a third plurality of received signals; a second input connected to a local oscillator arranged to provide a local oscillator signal; and an output arranged to provide a corresponding one of a fourth plurality of output signals; and an upconversion mixer having a first mixer input for receiving a reference signal; a second mixer input connected to the local oscillator; and a mixer output providing an upconverted reference signal to a fifth plurality of directional couplers, each directional coupler connected to a corresponding one of the second plurality of input lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard Dehlink, Ralf Reuter
  • Patent number: 8620243
    Abstract: A method a system for receiving signals from plural frequency bands and plural communication protocols. An interchangeable radio frequency (“RF”) front end may receive RF signals from plural frequency bands and plural communication protocols. Intermediate frequency (“IF”) circuitry may produce one or more common IF signals from the received RF signals. A common digital back end may then receive digitized versions of the IF signals, modify IF signal bandwidth as a function of the plural communication protocols, and process plural received signals without knowledge of the underlying communication protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Anite Finland Oy
    Inventors: Steven Thompson, Charles Morrison
  • Patent number: 8606211
    Abstract: A preselect circuit maintains the dynamic range of a received RF input signal during bandpass filtering of the received RF input signal. The preselect circuit includes a Q-deficient passive bandpass filter for coupling to an antenna to receive a received RF input signal. The preselect circuit further includes a Q-enhancement circuit coupled to the Q-deficient passive bandpass filter, wherein the Q-enhancement circuit increases a Q-value of the Q-deficient passive bandpass filter by compensating for resistive inductive losses in the bandpass filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce A. Judson, Cong T. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8606212
    Abstract: The present application relates to a near field communications (NFC) receiver in which a received NFC signal comprising a carrier signal onto which a data signal is modulated is digitised and downconverted, and the digitised and downconverted received signal is filtered to recover a digitised and downconverted version of the carrier signal of the NFC signal. This digitised and downconverted version of the carrier signal is converted into an analogue signal which is then upconverted to generate an estimate of the carrier signal, and this estimate is combined with the received NFC signal to suppress or negate, at least partially, the carrier of the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited
    Inventor: Behzad Sheikholeslami
  • Patent number: 8605826
    Abstract: A receiver system and a demodulator system are configured to receive and demodulate, respectively, multi-gigabit millimeter wave signals being wirelessly transmitted in the unlicensed wireless band near 60 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Juntunen, Stephane Pinel, Joy Laskar, David Yeh, Saikat Sarkar
  • Publication number: 20130324069
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to determining the location and/or density of vias that form part of an RF isolation structure of a packaged module and the resulting RF isolation structures. From electromagnetic interference (EMI) data, locations of where via density can be increased and/or decreased without significantly degrading the EMI performance of the RF isolation structure can be identified. In certain embodiments, one or more vias can be added and/or removed from a selected area of the packaged module based on the EMI data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard E. Chen, Matthew Sean Read, Hoang Mong Nguyen, Anthony James LoBianco, Guohao Zhang, Dinhphuoc Vu Hoang
  • Patent number: 8599312
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a mixed-signal tuner for analog and digital TV reception incorporates a demodulator for analog TV, employing various features for resolving limitations of the analog circuitry and for achieving compatibility with various global TV standards. Such features, which may be present in one or more embodiments, include the use of a variable sample rate in all digital clocks for frequency planning, and use of a microcontroller (MCU) to control various circuitry of the tuner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Hendrickson, David Trager, Mitch Reid, Li Gao, John Khoury
  • Patent number: 8600335
    Abstract: A receiver comprising: an antenna for receiving signals in a plurality of frequency bands; an integrated circuit including a plurality of amplifiers, wherein each of the plurality of amplifiers is configured to amplify signals in one of the plurality of frequency bands; and a plurality of selectable receive paths, each of the plurality of selectable receive paths connecting an output of the antenna to an input of one of the plurality of amplifiers and including a resonant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd.
    Inventor: Konstantinos Manetakis
  • Patent number: 8594607
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for down-converting an electromagnetic (EM) signal by aliasing the EM signal are described herein. Such methods, systems, and apparatuses operate by receiving an EM signal and an aliasing signal having an aliasing rate. The EM signal is aliased according to the aliasing signal to down-convert the EM signal. The term aliasing, as used herein, refers to both down-converting an EM signal by under-sampling the EM signal at an aliasing rate, and down-converting an EM signal by transferring energy from the EM signal at the aliasing rate. In an embodiment, the EM signal is down-converted to an intermediate frequency (IF) signal. In another embodiment, the EM signal is down-converted to a emodulated baseband information signal. In another embodiment, the EM signal is a frequency modulated (FM) signal, which is down-converted to a non-FM signal, such as a phase modulated (PM) signal or an amplitude modulated (AM) signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: ParkerVision, Inc.
    Inventors: David F. Sorrells, Michael J. Bultman, Robert W. Cook, Richard C. Looke, Charley D. Moses, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8594604
    Abstract: Capacitive circuits are implemented with desirable quality factors in various implementations. According to an example embodiment, a fringe capacitor includes two capacitive circuits (e.g., plates), respectively having a plurality of capacitive fingers extending from an end structure, and respectively having a connecting pin that is adjacent the connecting pin of the other capacitive circuit, on a common side fringe capacitor. The capacitive fingers are arranged in stacked layers, with vias connecting the fingers in different layers back to the connecting pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: NXP, B.V.
    Inventors: Edwin van der Heijden, Lukas Frederik Tiemeijer, Maristella Spella
  • Publication number: 20130309979
    Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) front-end supporting at least a first and second wireless communication bands includes a mixer arranged for mixing a received signal with a first local oscillation signal when the shared receiver front-end performs the reception operation according to the first wireless communication band, and for mixing the received signal with a second local oscillation signal when the shared receiver front-end performs the reception operation according to the second wireless communication band, wherein the first and second local oscillation signals are different in frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Hsin Wu, Chih-Hsien Shen, Jui-Lin Hsu, Chih-Hung Lee, Yi-An Li
  • Patent number: 8588725
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for down-converting and up-converting an electromagnetic signal. In embodiments, the invention operates by receiving an electromagnetic signal and recursively operating on approximate half cycles of a carrier signal. The recursive operations can be performed at a sub-harmonic rate of the carrier signal. The invention accumulates the results of the recursive operations and uses the accumulated results to form a down-converted signal. In embodiments, up-conversion is accomplished by controlling a switch with an oscillating signal, the frequency of the oscillating signal being selected as a sub-harmonic of the desired output frequency. When the invention is being used in the frequency modulation or phase modulation implementations, the oscillating signal is modulated by an information signal before it causes the switch to gate a bias signal. The output of the switch is filtered, and the desired harmonic is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: ParkerVision, Inc.
    Inventors: David F. Sorrells, Michael J. Bultman, Robert W. Cook, Richard C Looke, Charley D. Moses, Jr., Gregory S. Rawlins, Michael W. Rawlins
  • Patent number: 8588769
    Abstract: To make it easy to specify a terminal (wireless communication device) connected to an access point (wireless connection device) by performing display corresponding to the access point to which the terminal is connected. A wireless connection device reads, from a storage unit, specified information for designating a display mode for specifying a connection of the wireless connection device itself, performs wireless communications with a wireless communication device, and notifies the wireless communication device of the specified information read from the storage unit. On the other hand, the wireless communication device performs the wireless communications with the wireless connection device, receives the specified information from the wireless connection device, and conducts the display in the display mode designated in the specified information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Tomoharu Saitou
  • Patent number: 8587729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a receiver capable of reducing influence of disturbance waves and capable of receiving analog and digital broadcast signals without interference with a single front end module, without leading to complexity of the configuration. A receiver 10 includes, on a module board 11, a first terrestrial wave tuner 16 and second terrestrial wave tuner 17 which receive broadcast signals of a first frequency band, and a first satellite wave tuner 14 which receives broadcast signals of a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, with the first satellite wave tuner 14 being situated between the first terrestrial wave tuner 16 and the second terrestrial wave tuner 17. The present invention can be applied to receivers receiving broadcast signals of different frequency bands, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yoshida, Hideaki Ozawa, Mitsuru Ikeda, Hidetoshi Kurihara, Koji Yoshida, Masaru Shimanuki, Tadashi Imai
  • Patent number: 8588683
    Abstract: The electronic circuit includes a first comparator and a second comparator in which an induced electromotive force of a coil are compared with each of a first reference potential and a second reference potential and which output a pulse signal in accordance with conditions; the first signal processing circuit which outputs a first receiving rectangular wave signal and a first error signal in accordance with conditions of the pulse signal output from the first comparator and in which data held in accordance with conditions of pulse signal output from the second comparator is reset; and the second signal processing circuit which outputs a second receiving rectangular wave signal and a second error signal in accordance with conditions of the pulse signal output from the second comparator and in which data held in accordance with conditions of pulse signal output from the first comparator is reset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichiro Kamata
  • Publication number: 20130295871
    Abstract: A signal receiver used in a satellite communication system is provided. The signal receiver comprises a first type code generator, a second type code generator, a composite code generator, a correlation module and a determining module. The first type code generator generates a first type code corresponding to a first type signal. The second type code generator generates a second type code corresponding to a second type signal and having a code length N-time longer than that of the first type code. The composite code generator generates a composite code by superimposing N successive first type codes on the second type code. The correlation module correlates the composite code with a cell of a received signal to generate correlation results. The determining module determines a type of the received signal according to correlation results of the composite code with the received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SKYTRAQ TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Hung-Yi YANG
  • Patent number: 8577322
    Abstract: A single-ended-to-differential mixer includes a differential pair amplifier, a passive current source, a cancellation sub-circuit, and a mixer. The differential pair amplifier is configured to receive a single-ended input signal. The differential pair amplifier includes a first input, a second input, a first output, and a second output. The passive current source is connected between (i) the differential pair amplifier and (ii) a reference potential. The cancellation sub-circuit is connected to each of the first input, the second input, the first output, and the second output of the differential pair amplifier. The cancellation sub-circuit is configured to at least partially cancel a non-linearity of the differential pair amplifier. The mixer is connected to each of the first output and the second output of the differential pair amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiangdong Jin, Lawrence Tse
  • Patent number: 8559903
    Abstract: An automatic gain control circuit is provided for an input signal in the form of a dc reference level and a superposed amplitude modulated ac data signal. A feedforward AGC loop has a low pass filter for deriving the level of attenuation from the attenuated dc reference level. A multiplier value (G) is based on the reciprocal of the level of attenuation (?) and this multiplier enables an output signal to be generated comprising a constant multiple (DG) of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Henk Ten Pierick, Gertjan Groot Hulze, Erik Keukens
  • Patent number: 8554164
    Abstract: A receiving device of a dual polarization transmission system includes: a receiver that receives an RF signal that is transmitted with the use of two orthogonal polarizations; two reception local oscillators that include PPL circuits to convert the received RF signal of each of the polarizations into an IF signal; and a demodulator that demodulates an IF signal of one polarization, which is obtained by the conversion, into a baseband signal. The reception local oscillators control a loop band of the PLL circuits in response to a signal from the demodulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Yakuwa
  • Patent number: 8548412
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for eliminating an outband interference signal. An apparatus for eliminating an interference signal includes a first mixer, a filter unit, a second mixer, and an operation unit. The first mixer downconverts a received signal containing an outband interference signal. The filter unit extracts the downconverted outband interference signal from the downconverted received signal. The second mixer upconverts the downconverted outband interference signal to restore the outband interference signal to the original frequency band. The operation unit subtracts and eliminates the restored outband interference signal from the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Hae Moon Seo, Youn Sung Lee, Woo Chul Park, Myung Soo Lee, Myung Hyon Yoon
  • Patent number: 8548411
    Abstract: A system may comprise a plurality of signal processing paths, a bin-wise combiner, an inverse transformation block, and a DAC. Each signal processing path may comprise a transformation block that is operable to transform a first time-domain digital signal to an associated frequency-domain signal having a plurality of subband signals. The bin-wise combiner may be operable to combine corresponding subband signals of the plurality of signal processing paths. The inverse transformation block may be operable to transform output of the bin-wise combiner to an second time-domain signal. The DAC may be operable to converts the second time-domain signal to a corresponding analog signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand K. Anandakumar, Curtis Ling, Sugbong Kang
  • Patent number: 8548405
    Abstract: A method of controlling the phases of RF output signals from a number of radio transmitters. A given radio has at least one synthesizer as a source of its RF output signal, and the synthesizer produces an output the phase offset of which relative to a reference signal is controlled by a phase offset command. A path from an antenna port of the radio obtains a fed back RF output signal and a phase difference between the reference signal and the fed back RF output signal is measured. A value of a zero degree phase offset command for the synthesizer is determined such that the phase difference between the reference signal and the fed back RF signal is nominally zero, and the value is stored. A phase offset command for providing a desired phase offset for the RF output signal is then determined based the stored value of the zero degree phase offset command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventor: Michael S. Vogas
  • Patent number: 8543077
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal and mixing the RF signal with a master clock to obtain a mixed signal, cyclically rotating the mixed signal to each of N gain stages for at least one cycle of the master clock, and summing the outputs of the N gain stages to provide an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Aslamali A. Rafi, Alessandro Piovaccari
  • Patent number: 8538368
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for limiting a radio frequency (RF) signal are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a detector configured to generate a detection signal based on a power of a RF signal on a signal path. A bias circuit may bias a switch circuit to dynamically limit the RF signal based on the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Campbell
  • Patent number: 8538367
    Abstract: A filter circuit enhances a deficient Q-value in a filter stage and buffers the filter stage from subsequent filter stages using a common active device. A filter circuit includes a first buffered filtering stage including a first Q-deficient filter stage to receive an input signal and a first Q-enhancement buffer stage. The first Q-enhancement buffer stage is coupled to the first Q-deficient filter stage, wherein the first Q-enhancement buffer stage includes a single active device to increase a Q-value of the first Q-deficient filter stage and isolate the first Q-deficient filter stage from any subsequent filter stage. A filtering method includes filtering an input signal in a first Q-deficient filter stage and enhancing a deficient Q-value of the first Q-deficient filter stage with an active device. The method further includes buffering the first Q-deficient filter stage from any subsequent filter stage with the active device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce A. Judson, Cong T. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8538366
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a mixer circuit to receive and generate a mixed signal from a radio frequency (RF) signal and a master clock signal, a switch stage coupled to an output of the mixer circuit to rotatingly switch the mixed signal to multiple gain stages coupled to the switch stage, and a combiner to combine an output of the gain stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc
    Inventor: Aslamali A. Rafi
  • Patent number: 8526897
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a controller is coupled to at least first and second signal processors (at least one of which includes analog demodulation circuitry and another of which includes digital demodulation circuitry). The controller may operate to disable the first signal processor responsive to a control signal that indicates that a second signal (corresponding to a demodulator output) is available from the second signal processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Henson
  • Patent number: 8515370
    Abstract: A device for receiving a broadband multi-channel radiofrequency signal includes a radiofrequency analog input stage connected to an intermediate-frequency conversion stage. The conversion stage includes at least one conversion chain having a frequency mixer that transposes the signal to an intermediate frequency connected to the input of an analog-digital converter with a high frequency sampling rate. The intermediate and sampling frequencies in each conversion chain are selected such that, considering the noise generated by the sampling overtones of the corresponding analog-digital converter, each of the radiofrequency signal channels has a signal/noise ratio that is greater at output than a predetermined value of at least one conversion chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: EADS Secure Networks
    Inventors: Benoît Clement, Gilles Latouche, Olivier Muller
  • Patent number: 8515372
    Abstract: Methods and corresponding systems for receiving a radio frequency signal include a receiver capable of switching operating modes and operable to receive the radio frequency signal in any of the operating modes. A metric monitor is coupled to the receiver and operable to provide a metric. A controller is responsive to the metric and operable to switch the receiver between the operating modes. The operating modes can include a zero intermediate frequency (ZIF) mode and a very low intermediate frequency (VLIF) mode. The metric can include a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and an adjacent channel indicator. The receiver can be configured to operate in the ZIF mode in response to the RSSI value satisfying a threshold and configured to operate in the VLIF mode in response to the RSSI value failing to satisfy the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Kaczman, Manish N. Shah
  • Patent number: 8509725
    Abstract: A processing device (40) for processing an analog complex input signal generated by downconversion of an aggregated-spectrum radio-frequency signal in a radio-receiver (10), wherein the complex input signal comprises a plurality of sub bands (S1-S4) scattered across a total frequency band (4) of the complex input signal. The processing device (40) comprises a plurality of processing paths (P1-PN). wherein each processing path (P1-PN) is adapted to process an associated sub band (S1-S4). Each processing path comprises a complex mixer (CM1-CMN) adapted to frequency translate the complex input signal, and an analog channel-selection filter (CSF1-CSFN) arranged to filter an output signal of the complex mixer (CM1-CMN) and pass the frequency translated associated sub band (S1-S4). A control unit (60) is adapted to receive control data indicating frequency locations of the sub bands (S1-S4) and, for each processing path (P1-PN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Lars Sundström, Bengt Lindoff, Sven Mattisson, Filip Oredsson, Tony Petersson, Imad ud Din
  • Patent number: 8503956
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for filtering an incoming signal in a channel filter of an automatic frequency control (AFC) loop to obtain a filtered incoming signal, generating a frequency offset from the filtered incoming signal in the AFC loop, removing the frequency offset from the incoming signal to obtain an adjusted signal, and providing the adjusted signal to an input of the channel filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc
    Inventor: Andrew W. Krone
  • Patent number: RE44694
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for interacting with a mobile telephone are provided. A remote control unit receives a user command and transmits it to a TV system which recognizes the user command as a telephone function command and transmits the function command to the mobile telephone if the TV system is set to Telephone Mode. The TV system may also output data received from the mobile telephone in response to the transmitted function command. Thus, a user may interact with a mobile telephone using an interactive TV system by displaying text/image data received from the telephone and by inputting various telephone function commands using a remote control unit. Upon receiving a function command from the TV system, the mobile telephone generates output data in response to the function command and transmits itto the TV system. A display unit of the TV system displays the text/image data, and a speaker outputs the sound data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jae Kyung Lee