Common Antenna Patents (Class 455/82)
  • Patent number: 8970445
    Abstract: There is provided a radio device including an antenna, a first impedance converting circuit, a second impedance converting circuit and a differential output unit. The antenna has a first terminal and a second terminal to receive a signal. The first impedance converting circuit and the second impedance converting circuit have a first impedance and a second impedance, respectively. The first impedance and the second impedance each are controllable. One end of the first impedance converting circuit and one end of the second impedance converting circuit are connected to the first terminal and the second terminal of the antenna, respectively. The differential output unit is connected to the other end of the first impedance converting circuit and the other end of the second impedance converting circuit through which the signal received by the antenna is input to the differential output unit, and transform the signal into a differential signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiya Mitomo, Yukako Tsutsumi, Hideo Kasami
  • Patent number: 8954019
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include an antenna, LTE RF differential inputs, and a front end circuit. The front end circuit may include band pass filters coupled to the antenna, LNAs coupled respectively to the band pass filters, and RF switching circuits. Each RF switching circuit may be respectively coupled between each LNA and a pair of LTE RF differential inputs and configured to switch to one or both of the pair of LTE RF differential inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Liviu George, Simon Andrew Hughes, Christopher Robert Little, Tajinder Manku
  • Patent number: 8942644
    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain wireless communication circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches that receive radio-frequency antenna signals from antennas. The wireless communications circuitry may include switching circuitry interposed between the MEMS switches and the antennas. The switching circuitry may protect the MEMS switches from radio-frequency signals that are received by the antennas by temporarily isolating the MEMS switches from the radio-frequency signals during MEMS switch configuration processes. The switching circuitry may include a crossbar switch formed from solid state circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include control circuitry that controls the MEMS switches and the switching circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Stephan V. Schell
  • Patent number: 8929952
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus of the present invention comprises a switching unit, provided between a transmitting circuit and/or a receiving circuit of at least one communication system and a demultiplexer, for connecting the transmitting circuit and/or the receiving circuit of the communication system to antenna either directly or by way of the demultiplexer. When a communication system having the switching unit is solely operated, the transmitting circuit and/or the receiving circuit of the operating communication system is connected directly to the antenna without the demultiplexer. Therefore, it is possible to reduce insertion loss of the circuit and thus to improve receiving sensitivity and reduce power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hideto Kanou
  • Patent number: 8907680
    Abstract: A voltage detector for detecting a voltage generated in a second resonant coil that is disposed to face a first resonant coil and that performs at least one of electric power transmission and electric power reception to and from the first resonant coil in a contactless manner by means of electromagnetic resonance includes: a first high-impedance element having one end connected to one end of the second resonant coil; a second high-impedance element having one end connected to the other end of the second resonant coil; a low-impedance element connected between the other end of the first high-impedance element and the other end of the second high-impedance element and having an impedance smaller than each of those of the first and second high-impedance elements; and an output terminal for outputting a signal associated with a voltage applied across the low-impedance element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sakakibara, Shinji Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 8909169
    Abstract: A single pole double throw (SPDT) switch is fabricated on an integrated circuit (IC) and may comprise two radio frequency (RF) switching devices each having a separate DC blocking capacitor coupled between respective RF switching devices and a common node. A DC connection is provided between the two RF switching devices with a thin electrically conductive line. This thin electrically conductive line provides for increased isolation between the two RF switching devices and decreased insertion loss. The increased isolation and/or decreased insertion loss is accomplished by tuning the thin electrically conductive line through the characteristic impedance of the line when impedance matching conditions are met. Undesired circuit resonance(s) in the SPDT switch may be substantially reduced by using two or more thin electrically conductive lines that further reduce the thin electrically line(s) inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventor: Yon-Lin Kok
  • Patent number: 8909165
    Abstract: Isolation techniques for multiple co-located radio modules are disclosed. For example, an apparatus may include an antenna, a first transceiver to communicate wirelessly across a first link, a second transceiver to communicate wirelessly across a second link, a shared antenna structure operative to allow the first transceiver and the second transceiver to share the antenna for simultaneous operations, and an active signal canceller operative to generate a cancellation signal to cancel an interference signal for a radio-frequency coupling channel between the first and second transceivers. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Neil Hendin
  • Patent number: 8872600
    Abstract: The high frequency circuit module includes an RFIC configured to transmit and receive a high frequency signal, a power amplifier IC configured to amplify a transmission signal outputted from the RFIC, and a duplexers configured to separate the transmission signal outputted from the power amplifier IC and inputted to an antenna and a reception signal from the antenna and inputted to the RFIC from each other, in which at least one of the RFIC and power amplifier IC is embedded in the circuit substrate, and the duplexers are disposed between the RFIC and the power amplifier IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Tomohiro Igarashi
  • Patent number: 8872972
    Abstract: A router module is arranged in a housing of a smart television. The router module is externally connected to a modem for surfing the Internet. The router module is electrically connected to a micro processing unit of the smart television. Therefore, the smart television is connected to the Internet through the router module. A wireless transmission chip of the router module is configured to process Internet signals. An antenna module is configured to wirelessly transmit the Internet signals, so that wireless network is shared to outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventor: Nai-Chien Chang
  • Patent number: 8868010
    Abstract: A synthetic-frequency RF transmitter is provided for transmitting an electromagnetic signal via an electrically short antenna. The transmitter comprises a reactive energy storage with an effective reactance adapted to form with the antenna a resonance circuit with a resonance frequency and a driver adapted to provide to the resonance circuit an electric transmission signal having an instantaneous frequency that varies in dependence on an information signal. The transmitter is characterized in that the transmitter is adapted to dynamically change the resonance frequency by changing the effective reactance in dependence on the information signal. Thus, the instantaneous pass-band of the resonance circuit may be controlled to substantially always comprise the instantaneous frequency of the electric transmission signal and thus of the electromagnetic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventor: Kåre Tais Christensen
  • Patent number: 8861498
    Abstract: A high-frequency switch module includes a first diplexer arranged to receive a GPS signal and to send/receive a GSM 1800 communication signal and a GSM 1900 communication signal, and a switch element arranged to switch between the sending/receiving of the GSM 1800 and the sending/receiving of the GSM 1900 communication signal. A SAW filter having a passage band corresponding to the frequency band of the GSM 1900 communication signal and a SAW filter having a passage band corresponding to the frequency band of the GSM 1800 communication signal are connected to the switch element. A line length of a transmission line for connection to the SAW filter which provides a reflection phase closer to the open side for the GPS signal as viewed from the switch element is greater than that of a transmission line for connection to the other SAW filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Kitajima
  • Patent number: 8855097
    Abstract: It is described a communication end device comprising (a) a radio transceiver comprising a receiver for receiving radio signals from a transmitting network entity of a cellular telecommunication network and a transmitter (110, 120, 130) for transmitting radio signals to a receiving network entity of the cellular telecommunication network, (b) a further receiver (140) for receiving a further radio signal, and (c) a control circuit (150, 162, 164), which is coupled to the radio transceiver and to the further receiver (140). The control circuit (150, 162, 164) is configured for generating a control signal for controlling the operation of the further receiver (140). Thereby, the control signal is based on a synchronization signal being related to a time dependent transmission scheme of the transmitter (110, 120, 130) and on an information about the current operational state of the radio transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventor: Markus Neumann
  • Patent number: 8848385
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to reducing unwanted RF noise in a printed circuit board (PCB) containing an RF device. An isolation filter is embedded in a PCB containing an RDF device. By placing the isolation filter as close as possible to the RF device in order to dramatically reduce unwanted RF noise due to unavoidable coupling between Vias and planes in the PCB structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: R&D Sockets, Inc
    Inventors: Thomas P. Warwick, James V. Russell
  • Patent number: 8838044
    Abstract: An attenuating antenna switch may be used to suppress increase in the scale and power consumption of an RFIC. The antenna switch has a first terminal, a second terminal, and an antenna terminal coupled to the first and second terminals and configured to be connected to an antenna. The first switch switches between a first state in which a high frequency signal is propagated between the first terminal and the antenna terminal, and a second state in which the high frequency signal is interrupted. A second switch switches between the first and second states between the second terminal and the antenna terminal. The first and second switches are controlled in a mutually exclusive manner such that only one of the two switches can be in the first state at any given time. When in the first state, each switch adjusts an attenuation amount of the high frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Goto, Kazuaki Hori, Satoshi Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8838045
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to programmable duplexers. The frequency pass band of the programmable duplexer is changed according to a selection of a channel-pair selection to control or maximize the transition band between the receiver path and the transmitter path. The programmable duplexer permits selections of desired pass bands without the need for multiple duplexer filters. As an additional advantage, the transmission band requirements become less sensitive to manufacturing tolerances and temperature variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua J. Caron, Julio Costa, Todd Gillenwater
  • Patent number: 8830010
    Abstract: The high frequency circuit module includes an RFIC configured to transmit and receive a high frequency signal, a power amplifier IC configured to amplify a transmission signal outputted from the RFIC, and a duplexers configured to separate the transmission signal outputted from the power amplifier IC and inputted to an antenna and a reception signal from the antenna and inputted to the RFIC from each other, in which at least one of the RFIC and power amplifier IC is embedded in the circuit substrate, and the duplexers are disposed between the RFIC and the power amplifier IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Tomohiro Igarashi
  • Patent number: 8831537
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and one or more embedded devices. A lower surface of the first substrate generally has disposed thereon a plurality of first lines comprising a thin-film conductive material. An upper surface of the second substrate generally has disposed thereon a plurality of second lines comprising the thin-film conductive material. The plurality of second lines is generally arranged orthogonally to the plurality of first lines. The lower surface of first substrate generally faces the upper surface of the second substrate and the substrates are generally separated by a predefined distance. The one or more embedded devices are generally coupled between one or more of the first lines and one or more of the second lines. The embedded devices are generally configured to temporarily electrically connect the respective lines to form a radiating structure during an RF operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventor: Roger A. Fratti
  • Patent number: 8824977
    Abstract: A circuit includes an antenna, and a pair of transceivers. A first transceiver in the pair is connected to the antenna via a first pair of feed-points, and is designed to transmit and receive signals in a first band of frequencies. A second transceiver in the pair is connected to the antenna via a second pair of feed-points, and is designed to transmit and receive signals in a second band of frequencies. The first band and the second band are non-overlapping frequency bands. The first pair of feed-points is located at a voltage null point of the antenna with respect to the second pair of feed-points. The second pair of feed-points is located at a voltage null point of the antenna with respect to the first pair of feed-points. The first transceiver and the second transceiver are, thus, enabled to simultaneously transmit and/or receive corresponding signals using the same antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gireesh Rajendran, Apu Sivadas, Yogesh Darwhekar, Vivek Dham
  • Publication number: 20140242925
    Abstract: A wireless electronic device having first and second baseband processors is provided. In one suitable arrangement, radio-frequency power splitters and adjustable low noise amplifiers may be form in the receive paths. The use of power splitters allow signals associated with the first and second baseband processors to be received in parallel. In another suitable arrangement, radio-frequency switches are used in place of the power splitters. The states of the switches may be controlled using at least one of the first and second baseband processors. The use of switches instead of power splitters requires that wake periods associated with the first baseband processor and wake periods associated with the second baseband processor are non-overlapping. To ensure minimal wake period collision, a wake period associated with the second baseband processor may be positioned at a midpoint between two successive wake periods associated with the first baseband processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Syed A. Mujtaba, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Karthik Anantharaman, Weiping Dou, Isabel G. Mahe
  • Patent number: 8798564
    Abstract: A transmitter includes an up-converter and a modular receptacle. The up-converter is coupled to convert an input signal into a Radio Frequency (RF) signal having an output frequency, and is configurable to adjust the output frequency over a frequency range containing multiple sub-bands. The modular receptacle includes a first interconnection adapter coupled to the up-converter and a second interconnection adapter for coupling to an antenna. The receptacle is configured to receive between the first and second interconnection adapters a Power Amplifier (PA), which is selected from a group of power amplifiers each covering a respective sub-band in the frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Provigent Ltd.
    Inventor: Shaul Klein
  • Patent number: 8792935
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal used in a mobile communication system providing mobile communicating service in a first frequency band is disclosed. The mobile communication terminal comprises a first signal processing circuit for processing signals for the mobile communication service; a second signal processing circuit for processing signals for radio tag communicating in a second frequency band; and an antenna commonly used by the first and second signal processing circuits. The impedance of the antenna is matched with the first signal processing circuit in the first frequency band and matched with the second signal processing circuit in the second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kaoru Yokoo, Manabu Kai
  • Patent number: 8792836
    Abstract: A front end module includes a duplexer and a balancing network. The duplexer includes a compensation circuit and a transformer three windings having five nodes. The first node for operably coupling an antenna to the first winding; the second node operable to receive an outbound wireless signal and operably couples the first winding to the second winding; the third node operably couples the second winding to a balancing network; the fourth node operably coupled to output a first signal component corresponding to an inbound wireless signal from the third winding; and the fifth node operably coupled to output a second signal component corresponding to an inbound wireless signal from the third winding. The duplexer provides electrical isolation between the first and second signal components and the outbound wireless signal. The compensation module is operable to compensate the electrical isolation between the first and second signals and the outbound wireless signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mohyee Mikhemar, Hooman Darabi
  • Patent number: 8781522
    Abstract: The invention utilizes small, narrow-band and frequency adaptable antennas to provide coverage to a wide range of wireless modes and frequency bands on a host wireless device. The antennas have narrow pass-band characteristics, require minimal space on the host device, and allow for smaller form factor. The frequency tunability further allows for a fewer number of antennas to be used. The operation of the antennas may also be adaptably relocated from unused modes to in-use modes to maximize performance. These features of the antennas result in cost and size reductions. In another aspect, the antennas may be broadband antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Allen Minh-Triet Tran, Ernest T. Ozaki, Jatupum Jenwatanavet, Gregory Alan Breit
  • Patent number: 8774859
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for improving Radiated Spurious Emission (RSE) performance of a multi-standby terminal supporting 3rd Generation (3G) and/or 4th Generation (4G) service is provided. The method for enhancing RSE performance of a multi-standby terminal including an antenna for transmitting and receiving 2nd Generation (2G) and 3G band signals, a Radio Frequency (RF) switch for switching between the 2G and 3G band signals, a 2G communication unit connected to the RF switch for transmitting and receiving 2G band signals, a 3G communication unit connected to the RF switch for transmitting and receiving 3G band signals, and a transceiver for processing the 2G and 3G band radio signals includes determining a frequency band by checking a user identity card, switching, when the recognized frequency band is the 3G band, the RF switch to establish a connection between the antenna and the 3G communication unit, and disabling the 2G communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yang Woon Roh
  • Patent number: 8767713
    Abstract: A system and method of conducting wireless communications between a wireless communication device (WCD) and both a first network (e.g., IS-2000) supporting voice and data services and a second network (e.g., IS-856) supporting packet data services. The method comprises providing the WCD with a primary transceiver and a secondary receiver for conducting wireless communications in a spatial diversity for the second network traffic or broadcast; disabling the secondary receiver and spatial diversity before a paging slot or 1x system acquisition and synchronization attempts; tuning the secondary receiver to a first network carrier frequency to perform first network activities; and retuning the secondary receiver to a second network carrier frequency for spatial diversity after performing the first network activities. The first network activities may include pilot set maintenance, overhead message maintenance, page match detection, or 1x system acquisition and synchronization attempts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Abhay Arvind Joshi, Arthur James Neufeld, Steven C. Ciccarelli, Simon Turner, Gregory Robert Lie, Serguei A. Glazko
  • Patent number: 8750276
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes (N+1) or more transmission antennas. A first receiving apparatus detects N or fewer transmission antennas from a received signal. A second receiving apparatus detects more than N transmission antennas from a received signal. The transmission apparatus uses a first radio resource for outputting a known signal from each of transmission antennas and uses a second radio resource for outputting a known signal from at least one of the transmission antennas. A timing difference between the first and second radio resources is smaller than or equal to a first determined difference and a frequency difference therebetween is smaller than or equal to a second determined difference. The first receiving apparatus estimates a channel state based on the known signal outputted on the first radio resource. The second receiving apparatus estimates a channel state based on the known signals outputted on the first and second radio resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Jianming Wu
  • Patent number: 8743744
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for multiplexing an antenna element, and an antenna component can reduce power loss caused by multiplexing of the antenna element. The apparatus includes an antenna element, a filter, and a DUP. The antenna element is connected to the filter and the DUP separately, and a suppression band of the filter includes a bandpass band of the DUP. The filter is configured to filter the signals sent by the antenna element and the DUP and/or the signals to be sent to the antenna element and the DUP to make signals of a first band pass through. The DUP is configured to filter the signals sent by the antenna element and the filter and/or the signals to be sent to the antenna element and the filter to make signals of a second band pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiangning Xu, Jianfeng Wu
  • Patent number: 8731487
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a device for four-frequency transceiving of a Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), comprising a Power Amplifier (PA), a radio frequency transceiving chip, a baseband control chip, an antenna switch, a GSM low frequency filter and a GSM high frequency filter. The antenna switch receives a control signal transmitted from the baseband control chip, and the antenna switch connects to a corresponding line according to the control signal, and transmits signals between the antenna and the connected line; the GSM low frequency filter receives the signals of a first frequency band or a second frequency band which are transmitted by the antenna switch, and passes the signals of the first frequency band or the second frequency band; the GSM high frequency filter receives the signals of a third frequency band or a fourth frequency band which are transmitted by the antenna switch, and passes the signals of the third frequency band and the fourth frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Wenqing He, Juan Yu, Hu Ge
  • Patent number: 8723619
    Abstract: A filter arrangement for filtering a radio transmit signal and radio receive signal, comprising a first duplex filter and a second duplex filter, a signal divider for splitting a transmit input signal into a first transmitter signal portion and a second transmitter signal portion, the first transmitter signal portion being passed to the a transmit port of the first duplex-filter, and a second signal portion being passed to the second transmitter port of the second duplex filter. The filter arrangement further comprising a signal combiner/divider for combining a first filtered transmit portion signal and a second filtered transmit portion signal into a single filtered transmit signal. The filter arrangement further comprising a signal combiner for combining a first filtered receive signal portion and a second filtered receive signal portion into a single filtered receive signal, which is provided at a third output of the signal combiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Kathrein-Werke KG
    Inventor: Holger Weiβ
  • Patent number: 8725088
    Abstract: A single-antenna solution is provided for near-field and far-field communication in wireless devices. In an embodiment, a first transceiver block generates a first transmit signal to be transmitted using radiative techniques. A second transceiver block generates a second transmit signal to be transmitted using inductive coupling. The first and second transceiver blocks are coupled to a same antenna for transmitting the first transmit signal using radiative coupling, and the second transmit signal using inductive coupling. The first transceiver block and the second transceiver block operate according to time division multiplexing, and in an embodiment corresponding to an FM transceiver and an NFC transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Brian Paul Ginsburg, Gangadhar Burra, Assaf Sella, Subhashish Mukherjee, Gireesh Rajendran, Yogesh Darwhekar, Apu Sivadas
  • Patent number: 8723621
    Abstract: In an elastic wave device, a first piezoelectric substrate and a second piezoelectric substrate are joined to each other with a joining portion so as to face each other across a cavity. A first set of a plurality of filters located on a facing surface of the first piezoelectric substrate and a second set of a plurality of filters located on a facing surface of the second piezoelectric substrate define a plurality of pairs of filters and face each other across the cavity. An absolute value of a difference between center frequencies of a filter of the first set of filters and a filter of the second set of filters in each pair of filters is larger than a minimum value among absolute values of differences between center frequencies of pairs of filters selected from a group including the first set of filters and the second set of filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideo Kidoh
  • Patent number: 8718578
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement includes a component having a closed signal path, that closed signal path connected to a first port, a second port and at least a third port. The component has a directed signal flow of a signal applied to one of that ports. Such a coupling device can be connected to a transmitter and to a receiver path, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Adler, Zdravko Boos
  • Patent number: 8712340
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, which can include computer instructions to determine a subset of use cases from a group of use cases stored in a memory of a communication device, and to determine a target use case from among the subset of use cases based on an operational parameter associated with a transceiver of the communication device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Carsten Hoirup, Keith Manssen, Matthew Greene
  • Patent number: 8699965
    Abstract: A low loss quarter wave Radio Frequency (RF) relay switch apparatus and method provides more efficient transmission of RF energy to downstream antenna switching elements in an antenna switching network. The antenna switching network may include multiple antenna multiplexer modules which are configured to operate in a local use configuration or a pass through configuration. The antenna multiplexer modules are designed for maximum efficiency in the pass through configuration acting virtually lossless when passing through RF energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Duron
  • Patent number: 8693457
    Abstract: An apparatus and media are provided for more effectively utilizing modems in a WiMAX environment. The apparatus connects a computing device to a network-based information system through at least a first WiMAX modem that is located within the apparatus. A second WiMAX modem can be removably coupled to the apparatus so as to connect the first computing device to the network in combination with the first WiMAX modem. In the event the second WiMAX modem is removed, network connectivity provided by the first WiMAX modem is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Clearwire IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Doug A. Olding, Warren B. Cope, Shane Robert Werner, Ahsan Habib, Arun Santharam
  • Patent number: 8682261
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include an antenna for receiving electromagnetic radiation in a broadcast radiation band and a near-field radiation band to generate a Radio Frequency (RF) signal. A coupling element couples the RF signal to a first port and at least one additional port, which may be a second port and a third port. A wireless power receiver on the first port includes a rectifier for converting the RF signal to a DC signal when the antenna couples to radiation in the near-field radiation band in a coupling-mode region of the antenna. A near-field communication transceiver includes circuitry for communicating information on the antenna in the near-field radiation band when the coupling element couples the second port to the RF signal. A broadcast receiver on the third port includes circuitry for receiving and tuning the broadcast radiation band when the coupling element couples the third port to the RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ernest T. Ozaki, Stanley S. Toncich
  • Patent number: 8676133
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate creating antenna ports to correspond to two or more groups of user equipment (UEs). The subject innovation can organize two or more groups of user equipment and signal to each of the two or more groups a respective antenna port. The subject innovation can further communicate mapping information, a reference signal, or delay related to a linear combination in order to identify antenna ports. Based on such communicated information, the reference signal can be decoded in order to identify each antenna port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Juan Montojo, Ravi Palanki, Amir Farajidana, Kapil Bhattad
  • Patent number: 8676266
    Abstract: A system for controlling a mobile communication antenna is provided, which includes a plurality of antenna systems each installed in a BS, and a remote control system for monitoring and controlling the plurality of antenna systems. In each of the antenna systems, an antenna module includes a radiation plate and a radiation device for transmitting and receiving radio signals for a mobile communication service, a sensor unit senses the inclination and horizontal rotation of the antenna module, a transceiver transmits data sensed by the sensor unit to the remote control system and receives a control signal from the remote control system, and a controller controls an operation of the antenna system according to the remote control signal received from the transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: KMW, Inc.
    Inventor: Duk-Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 8666329
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radio device comprises a differential antenna that has a pair of differential power supply terminals, a transmitter that transmits a first signal via the differential antenna, a receiver that has a pair of differential input terminals and receives a second signal via the differential antenna, a first control unit, and a second control unit. The first control unit causes a signal conduction state between the differential antenna and the receiver when the receiver receives the second signal. The second control unit switches from a signal conduction state to a signal block state between one of the differential input terminals and one of the differential power supply terminals based on a reception state when the receiver receives the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiya Mitomo, Yukako Tsutsumi, Kentaro Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8660500
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with a leaky wave antenna are disclosed and may include transmitting wireless signals via one or more leaky wave antennas in one or more tank circuits coupled to one or more VCOs. The VCOs may be two-point modulated. Two modulating signals may be communicated to the one or more VCOs via varactors coupled to tank circuits on the one or more VCOs. The varactors may include CMOS transistors with source and drain terminals shorted together. The one or more leaky wave antennas may be integrated on the chip, on a package to which the chip is affixed, or on a printed circuit board to which the chip is affixed. The VCOs may be integrated in a phase-locked loop and an output of the one or more VCOs in the phase-locked loop may be fed back via a multi-modulus detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8649833
    Abstract: A user device includes a conductive structure coupled to a receiver and a sensor. The conductive structure is configured to operate as an antenna for the receiver and as a sensor pad for the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Jung Lee, Michael M. Lee, Mark Corbridge, Nagendra Bage Jayaraj, Khaled Ahmad Obeidat, Joseph C. Modro
  • Patent number: 8606178
    Abstract: An electronic control module assembly includes antenna elements and a PCB. Each antenna element communicates an RF signal in a direction that corresponds with an outer face of a housing of the assembly. The PCB is received in a cavity of the housing and has RF-energy-transfer circuits and a baseband RF device, which demodulates the signal. Each RF-energy-transfer circuit receives the signal. At least two RF-energy-transfer circuits receive the signal from the antenna elements, and at least one RF-energy-transfer circuit does not receive the signal from one of the antenna elements and is a placeholder circuit. The baseband RF device is in communication with at least two of the RF-energy-transfer circuits receiving the signal. A connector provides a connection between each of the antenna elements and the PCB and is received by an aperture of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: David R. Petrucci, Mark A. Wisnewski, Charles A. Massoll
  • Patent number: 8606195
    Abstract: In a mobile phone, a vibrator, arranged on a substrate, has two power supply terminals. The vibrator's first and second terminals are each connected to a control unit via a first wiring, a coil and a second wiring. A capacitor is connected between the two terminals' first wirings One end of an antenna sub-element is connected to the first terminal's first wiring and one end is connected to a radio circuit unit. An antenna unit operates at frequency ?2, corresponding to a communication frequency. The control unit and the vibrator operate at frequency ?1. The coils have a self-resonant frequency of ?2 and form a short-circuit connection at frequency ?1 and an open-circuit connection at frequency ?2. The capacitors form an open-circuit connection at frequency ?1 and a short-circuit connection at frequency ?2. This reduces the number of antenna component members mounted on a radio and an antenna's size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Suetake, Hiroyuki Takebe, Toshinori Kondo
  • Patent number: 8594585
    Abstract: Provided is a method of sharing a data transceiver, a data transceiver antenna, a sensing receiver, and a sensing antenna, and a wireless communication system. The data transceiver and the sensing receiver, or the data transceiver antenna and the sensing antenna may be flexibly shared based on a condition. During a period where a transceiver and an antenna are utilized, the transceiver and the antenna may be utilized for different purposes. The transceiver and the antenna may be flexibly shared to increase efficiency in using the transceiver and the antenna, and thus, a spectrum sensing and a data transmission and reception performed in a system may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hoiyoon Jung, Myung Sun Song, Gwangzeen Ko, Sunmin Lim, Sang-Won Kim
  • Patent number: 8583057
    Abstract: Techniques to control a shared antenna architecture for multiple co-located radio modules is disclosed. For example, a method may comprise receiving power state information for a set of transceivers, receiving activity information for the set of transceivers, and generating control signals for simultaneous operations or mutually-exclusive operations for a shared antenna structure connecting the set of transceivers to an antenna based on the power state information and activity information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome C Tu, Mike Robinson, James Beninghaus
  • Patent number: 8558641
    Abstract: In a high-frequency module, a duplexer element and a matching element are mounted on a surface of a multilayer substrate. On a layer close to the surface, an individual-terminal-side wiring electrode connected to an individual terminal of the duplexer element is provided. On two layers below the layer close to the surface, first and second ground electrodes are respectively provided. On a layer below the layers on which the first and second ground electrodes are provided, a common-terminal-side wiring electrode connected to the common terminal of the duplexer element and one end of the matching element is provided. On a layer close to a bottom surface of the multilayer substrate, a third ground electrode connected to the other end of the matching element is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanori Murase, Takanori Uejima
  • Patent number: 8536957
    Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency circuit module that has high mounting density. In a high-frequency circuit module 100, an RFIC 160 that performs transmission and reception processes for high-frequency signals, a power amplifier IC 155 that amplifies a transmission signal from the RFIC, and a duplexer 110 that separates a transmission signal outputted from the power amplifier IC 155 to an antenna and a reception signal that is inputted from the antenna to the RFIC 160 are formed on the top surface thereof. The duplexer 110 is disposed between the RFIC 160 and the power amplifier IC 155.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Tomohiro Igarashi
  • Patent number: 8531252
    Abstract: A small antenna duplexer that includes antenna terminal, first filter electrically connected to this antenna terminal and passing a first frequency band, second filter electrically connected to antenna terminal and passing a second frequency band, and third filter electrically connected to antenna terminal and passing a third frequency band. First filter and third filter are used for one band, and second filter and third filter are used for another band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Tetsuya Tsurunari, Joji Fujiwara
  • Patent number: RE44649
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for conveying information regarding the antenna configuration and/or the transmission diversity scheme to a recipient, such as a mobile device. In particular, information regarding the antenna configuration and/or the transmission diversity scheme can be conveyed by appropriately mapping a physical broadcast channel within a sub-frame so as to include reference signals indicative of different antenna configurations or transmission diversity schemes. Alternatively, masking, such as cyclic redundancy check masking, can be used to provide information regarding the antenna configuration and/or the transmission diversity scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Bernhard Raaf, Timo Eric Roman, Mieszko Chmiel
  • Patent number: RE45273
    Abstract: A transceiver system includes a first section coupled to a first antenna, a second section coupled to a second antenna, and a radio frequency (RF) unit. The first section includes a transmit path and a first receive path for a first (e.g., GSM) wireless system, a transmit path and a first receive path for a second (e.g., CDMA) wireless system, and a transmit/receive (T/R) switch that couples the signal paths to the first antenna. The second section includes a second receive path for the first wireless system and a second receive path for the second wireless system. The first and second receive paths for the first wireless system are for two frequency bands. The first and second receive paths for the second wireless system are for a single frequency band and provide receive diversity. The transceiver system may include a GPS receive path coupled to a third antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert Lloyd Robinett