Transmitter Oscillator Used As Detector Patents (Class 455/85)
  • Patent number: 10499432
    Abstract: An interactive spectrum management tool that provides comprehensive information on wireless spectrum bands of a radio spectrum is provided. The tool assists in determining whether a frequency band in the spectrum is available for wireless transmission at any particular place and time by gathering, analyzing, and presenting comprehensive information about the frequency band. The comprehensive information includes different types of information regarding the allocation, regulation, ownership, and use of the frequency band. The tool extracts and analyzes the different types of allocation and usage information from different databases that are maintained by various different public and private agencies at international, national, and local levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Ahmad Armand
  • Patent number: 9305535
    Abstract: A safety alert device (200) is formed of a clip (210) and integrated whistle (220) coupled to a portable communication device (300). The clip and integrated whistle can be removed or re-oriented from the radio (300) to provide user access to the whistle. The removal or rotation of the safety alert device (200) having clip and integrated whistle can further enable emergency radio mode operation. The whistle (220) operates as a safety alert when the battery of the portable communication device is either charged or discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Ellis A. Pinder, Lanting L. Garra
  • Patent number: 9191057
    Abstract: A polarimetric transceiver front-end includes two receive paths configured to receive signals from an antenna, each receive path corresponding to a respective polarization. Each front-end includes a variable amplifier and a variable phase shifter; a first transmit path configured to send signals to the antenna, where the transmit path is connected to the variable phase shifter of one of the two receive paths and includes a variable amplifier; and a transmit/receive switch configured to select between the first transmit path and the two receive paths for signals, where the transmit/receive switch includes a quarter-wavelength transmission line that adds a high impedance to the transmit path when the transmit/receive switch is in a receiving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Herschel A. Ainspan, Mark Ferriss, Arun S. Natarajan, Benjamin D. Parker, Jean-Oliver Plouchart, Scott K. Reynolds, Mihai A. Sanduleanu, Alberto Valdes Garcia
  • Patent number: 8989730
    Abstract: Detection of a faulty radio oscillator is provided herein. Also provided herein is detection of faulty mobile timing measurements. Timing measurements, as observed by a mobile device, and an identification of primary scrambling codes associated with the timing measurements are captured. The primary scrambling codes match each timing measurement with a particular radio. The mobile device can also report its location information. Radios for which timing measurements have been received are paired. Based on the paired radios and an associated observed time delay derived from the timing measurements, comparisons can be made between paired radios having at least one common radio. Radios exhibiting an expected timing value can be removed from the analysis in order to isolate a radio that has a faulty radio oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Fix, Mario Kosseifi, Sheldon Kent Meredith
  • Patent number: 8948710
    Abstract: In a receiving device, an oscillating section generates a local oscillating signal for performing frequency conversion of one reception target channel of channels in broadcasting in a first frequency band and channels in broadcasting in a second frequency band; a first receiving section generates a channel signal based on the local oscillating signal and a high-frequency signal in the first frequency band when the reception target channel is a channel in the first frequency band, and does not perform the generation when the reception target channel is a channel in the second frequency band; and second receiving section generates a channel signal based on the local oscillating signal and a high-frequency signal in the second frequency band when the reception target channel is a channel in the second frequency band, and does not perform the generation when the reception target channel is a channel in the first frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Noboru Sasho
  • Patent number: 8867591
    Abstract: A discrete digital transceiver includes a receiver sample and hold module, a discrete digital receiver conversion module, a transmitter sample and hold module, a discrete digital transmitter conversion module, clock generation module, and a processing module. The receiver sample and hold module samples and holds an inbound wireless signal in accordance with a receiver S&H clock signal. The discrete digital receiver conversion module converts the receiver frequency domain sample pulse train into an inbound baseband signal. The transmitter sample and hold module samples and holds an outbound signal to produce a transmitter frequency domain sample pulse train. The discrete digital transmitter conversion module converts a transmitter frequency domain sample pulse train into the outbound wireless signal. The clock generation module generates S&H clock signals in accordance with a control signal. The processing module generates the control signal such that the S&H clock signals are shifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran, Hooman Darabi
  • Patent number: 8818322
    Abstract: A technique for implementing an untethered access point (UAP) mesh involves enabling AP-local switching at one or more UAPs of the mesh. A system constructed according to the technique may include a wireless switch; an access point (AP) wire-coupled to the wireless switch; and a UAP mesh, wirelessly coupled to the AP, including a UAP with an AP-local switching engine embodied in a computer-readable medium. Another system constructed according to the technique may include an untethered access point (UAP), including: a radio; a backhaul service set identifier (SSID) stored in a computer-readable medium; an anchor access point (AAP) selection engine embodied in a computer-readable medium. In operation, the AAP selection engine may use the radio to attempt to associate with the AAP if a beaconed backhaul SSID matches the stored backhaul SSID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Trapeze Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: James Murphy, Gary Eugene Morain, Stan Chesnutt
  • Patent number: 8600312
    Abstract: An apparatus for wireless communication includes a processing system. The processing system is configured to estimate a power spectral density of a first signal. In addition, the processing system is configured to determine a normalized correlation detector between the estimated power spectral density and a known power spectral density of a second signal. Furthermore, the processing system is configured to determine whether the first signal contains the second signal based on the normalized correlation detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Zhi Quan, Stephen J. Shellhammer, Wenyi Zhang
  • Patent number: 8571486
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a user interface system for controlling a process, where the process is implemented in a machine system. The user interface system includes a user interface configured to receive user input to control the process of the machine system. The user interface system also includes a first transceiver coupled to the user interface and configured to provide user power to the user interface, where the first transceiver is configured to wirelessly receive input power from a second transceiver. The user interface system also includes a processing system configured to monitor a performance factor of the first transceiver, process the performance factor to determine when a power transfer problem exists between the second transceiver and the first transceiver, and transfer an alert in response to the power transfer problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Gasperi, David D. Brandt
  • Patent number: 8554156
    Abstract: A frequency generator includes a phase-locked loop (PLL) and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), where the VCO is arranged to receive low-pass data via a first input and high-pass data at a second input. The first input is coupled to a first set of varactors in the VCO. The second input is coupled to a second set of varactors in the VCO. A controller sets the input voltage at the first input and directs a charge pump to operate in a tri-state mode that opens the feedback loop of the PLL. The controller applies different voltages via the second input and measures the change in output frequency. A present gain of the VCO is determined from the ratio of the change in frequency and the change in voltage at the second input and is used to calibrate a portable transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Shahrzad Tadjpour
  • Patent number: 8543068
    Abstract: A transceiver node includes a pulse coupled oscillator in an integrated circuit, which can synchronize with other nodes to generate a global clock subsequently used to facilitate synchronous communications between individual nodes. Known potential uses include a low power sensor node radio for an ad-hoc network for military applications and medical applications such as ingestible and implantable radios, self powered radios, and medical monitoring systems such as cardiac and neural monitoring patches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Xiao Y. Wang, Alyssa B. Apsel
  • Patent number: 8472890
    Abstract: A communication device includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver mixes a local oscillator (LO) signal with the received signal to downconvert the received signal to an intermediate frequency (IF). The LO path that feeds the LO signal to the downconverting mixer is controlled based on the transmit power of the transmitter. For high transmit power, the drive of the LO path is increased, thereby increasing the signal-to-noise ratio of the LO signal input into the mixer. For low transmit power levels, the drive to the LO path is decreased, reducing power consumption in the communication device. In this way, receiver path noise due to mixing of the LO phase noise with the self-generated transmitter signal is selectively controlled while incurring lower power consumption penalty. The communication device may be an access terminal configured for communication with a cellular radio network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Zhuo, Aristotele Hadjichristos, Tzu-wang Pan
  • Publication number: 20130012144
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a processing module, receiver sections, transmitter sections, and an antenna assembly. The processing module is operable to convert outbound data into a transmit radiation pattern in accordance with a multiple antenna constellation mapping protocol and to generate outbound symbol streams based on the transmit radiation pattern. The transmitter sections convert the outbound symbol streams into outbound wireless signals. The antenna assembly transmits the outbound wireless signals in accordance with the transmit radiation pattern. The antenna assembly also receives inbound wireless signals, which have a receive radiation pattern. The receiver sections convert the inbound wireless signals into inbound symbol streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: ALFRED GRAU BESOLI, NICOLAOS G. ALEXOPOULOS, SEUNGHWAN YOON
  • Patent number: 8334619
    Abstract: An object is to achieve a radio power transmitting system capable of adaptively controlling power transmission efficiency, and the following means for achieving it is proposed. The power transmitting system includes a receiver having a loaded antenna and a transmitter whose transmitting frequency is variable, and it controls power transmission efficiency by using a modulated electromagnetic wave reflected from the receiver. A capacitive element and an inductive element are formed in the antenna, the transmitting frequency of the transmitter is set to be variable, the electromagnetic wave transmitted from the transmitter and reflected by the receiver is modulated, and the power transmission efficiency between the transmitter and the receiver is controlled by using the modulated reflection wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken Takei
  • Patent number: 8290451
    Abstract: In a noise reduction circuit, a transistor circuit amplifies an input signal and outputs an output signal with supply of power from the DC voltage source via a power supply line circuit. The canceling signal adding circuit acquires and attenuates a part of the output signal, to generate a canceling signal having a phase substantially opposite to a phase of a leakage signal leaking to the power supply line circuit, and having an amplitude substantially the same as an amplitude of the leakage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Komatsu, Hideki Iwaki, Toru Yamada
  • Patent number: 8254849
    Abstract: An FM radio with a wide frequency range operates in a cell phone without interfering with the VCO of the RF transceiver. The FM transceiver generates a VCO signal whose frequency varies by less than ±7% from the midpoint of a narrow first range. A synthesizer signal is generated by dividing the VCO frequency by a first divisor such that the synthesizer frequency varies over a lower frequency second range. The VCO frequency is also divided by a second divisor such that the synthesizer frequency varies over a third range. The upper limit of the second range falls at the lower limit of the third range. The lower limit of the second range is 85.5 MHz and the upper limit of the third range is 108.0 MHz. By also using a third divisor, a synthesizer signal with a range of 76-108 MHz is generated from the narrow first frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tzu-wang Pan, Yi Zeng, I-Hsiang Lin, Pushp K. Trikha, Jeremy D. Dunworth, Rahul Apte
  • Patent number: 8224260
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) signal transmission/reception apparatus and an RF signal transmission/reception method are disclosed. The RF signal transmission/reception apparatus is adapted to perform a transmission/reception duplex function using a bi-directional mixer at the IF band or baseband, not at the RF band. When a reception signal of the RF band is passed through the bi-directional mixer, it is converted into a signal in any one of the IF band and the baseband. Also, when a transmission signal in any one of the IF band and the baseband is passed through the bi-directional mixer, it is converted into a signal of the RF band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Teuk Kim, Kwy Ro Lee, Sergey Sergeyev, Sergey Khvorov, Alexander Belonozhkin
  • Patent number: 8169546
    Abstract: A technique for providing stable tracking performance to an AGC loop circuit comprises amplifying a wideband radio frequency signal; detecting signals and blockers adjacent to the radio frequency signal; lowering a gain of the radio frequency signal; mixing a local oscillator signal with the radio frequency signal; shifting a frequency of the radio frequency signal from a radio frequency to an intermediate frequency; continuously varying a gain of the intermediate frequency signal; converting the intermediate frequency signal into a digital output signal; comparing the digital output signal with predefined thresholds comprising an upper threshold and a lower threshold; switching a post mixer amplifier (PMA) to a high gain state when an input of a variable gain amplifier (VGA) is greater than the upper threshold, and switching the PMA to a low gain state when an input of the VGA is lower than the lower threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Newport Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Fu, Jun Ma, Waleed M. Younis, Nabil Yousef, Janakan Sivasubramaniam, Edward Youssoufian
  • Patent number: 8116677
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for integration into a single IC including components such as filters and inductors. The controller for adaptive programming and calibration of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. The self-testing unit generates is used to determine the gain, frequency characteristics, selectivity, noise floor, and distortion behavior of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran, Meng-An Pan, Hung-Ming Chien, Shahla Khorram, William T. Colleran, Jacob Rael, Masood Syed, Brima Ibrahim, Stephen Wu, Shervin Moloudi
  • Patent number: 8103222
    Abstract: The embodiment provides a radio frequency sensor system comprising a radio frequency transmission terminal and a radio frequency reception terminal. The system comprises an oscillating circuit part for generating a plurality of frequency clocks, a signal coupler for coupling signals exiting on the radio frequency reception terminal, a signal detector for detecting change of the coupled signal according to movement of an object and generating a detection signal, and a controller for analyzing the detection signal and differentially employing the frequency clock according to the analysis result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nam Yun Kim
  • Patent number: 8077012
    Abstract: A system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first clock signal generator generating a first clock signal at a first frequency, and a second clock signal generator generating a second clock signal at a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency. The first clock signal is used to calibrate the second clock signal generator. An RFID device according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a crystal controlled first clock signal generator generating a first clock signal at a first frequency, a second clock signal generator generating a second clock signal at a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency, and an activate circuit. The second clock signal generator is inactive until activated by the activate circuit. The first clock signal is used to calibrate the second clock signal generator. Methods are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Intelleflex Corporation
    Inventors: Naresh Batra, Robert Olah, William Henry Bares
  • Patent number: 8044734
    Abstract: Techniques for mitigating VCO pulling are described. In an aspect, VCO pulling may be mitigated by (i) injecting an oscillator signal, which is a version of a VCO signal from a VCO, into a transmitter and (ii) using coupling paths from the transmitter to the VCO to re-circulate the oscillator signal back to the VCO. In one design, an apparatus includes a VCO and a coupling circuit. The VCO generates a VCO signal at N times a desired output frequency. The coupling circuit receives an oscillator signal generated based on the VCO signal and injects the oscillator signal into a transmitter to mitigate pulling of the frequency of the VCO due to undesired coupling from the transmitter to the VCO. The apparatus may include a phase adjustment circuit that adjusts the phase of the oscillator signal and/or an amplitude adjustment circuit that adjusts the amplitude of the oscillator signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Mark Vernon Lane
  • Patent number: 8014466
    Abstract: There is provided a wide-band direct conversion transmitting apparatus including: a local oscillation unit generating first, second, and third oscillation signal pairs each including a pair of signals having a phase difference of 90°; an image rejection mixer unit mixing baseband transmission signals including an I signal and a Q signal having a phase difference of 90° with the first oscillation signal pair; a harmonic rejection mixer unit mixing each of the first, second, and third oscillation signal pairs with the baseband transmission signals; and an output signal selecting unit selecting output signals from the image rejection mixer unit or from the harmonic rejection mixer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Ki Min, Jong Sik Kim, Hyun Chol Shin, Jeong Suk Lee
  • Publication number: 20110183635
    Abstract: A contactless integrated circuit (IC) card can include: an analog interface block operable to demodulate a received radio frequency (RF) signal into multiple versions thereof according to a first plurality of communication protocols, respectively; a controller operable to select from among a second plurality of communication protocols; and a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) operable to select one of the demodulated versions of the RF signal according to the selected protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventor: Ki-Yeol Kim
  • Patent number: 7983625
    Abstract: A notch filter suitable for attenuating certain frequencies of a radio-frequency signal includes an input for receiving the radio-frequency signal and an output for the output of a portion of the radio-frequency signal, first and second capacitive means, at least one inductor and a negative resistance circuit suitable for compensating the resistive losses of said at least one inductor. The inductor and the first and second capacitive means are placed to produce a resonator and the filter comprises a control device suitable for controlling the negative resistance circuit. The input impedance of the filter comprises a pole and a zero, with the pole depending on the second capacitive means and the zero depending on both the first and second capacitive means. The first and second capacitive means are variable and the control device is suitable for controlling the first and second capacitive means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventor: Angelo Granata
  • Patent number: 7970358
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for integration into a single IC including components such as filters and inductors. The controller for adaptive programming and calibration of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. The self-testing unit generates is used to determine the gain, frequency characteristics, selectivity, noise floor, and distortion behavior of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Hooman Darabi, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 7894778
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment, an apparatus is provided in a wireless transceiver. The apparatus may include a circuit configured to generate a first frequency signal (e.g., a VCO signal). A local oscillator (LO) generator may be provided that includes a frequency divider to divide the first frequency signal, and an image rejection mixer configured to mix the first frequency signal with an output of the frequency divider to generate an LO signal. In this manner, the LO generator may generate a desired LO signal while substantially rejecting or suppressing an unwanted sideband or image signal, according to an example embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Qiang (Tom) Li
  • Patent number: 7890055
    Abstract: A near field detection device that detects a field near the body when appropriately connected to conductive plates. The near field is generated by an oscillatory voltage device which when in contact with the body permeates all that is in contact with the body. The detector electronics and conductive plates are packaged so that near contact with the body is accommodated. A footwear packaging scheme provides a convenient location to embed the detector invention, though other packaging arrangements and locations on the body are claimed. Auxiliary electronics may be included with the detector and conductive plates to provide additional synergistic functionality to the packaging scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Everlokt Corporation
    Inventor: John William Stein
  • Patent number: 7848719
    Abstract: Variable phase ring oscillators are described that provide a linear phase progression between adjacent elements in an antenna array by providing a symmetric ring configuration of tuned amplifiers and a single phase shifter. The ring topology is coupled to a single PLL that allows for direct modulation and demodulation of arbitrary waveforms without using RF up/down converting mixers. The PLL distributes the transmit waveforms to all antenna elements in the transmit mode and combines the received waveforms in the receive mode without any complicated power distribution network. Ultra-wideband architectures and methods are described that utilize a first reference signal source, a VPRO, and a second reference signal source. Related methods are controlling an array and beam steering are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Harish Krishnaswamy, Hossein Hashemi
  • Patent number: 7840199
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure allow for a linear phase progression between adjacent elements in array by providing a symmetric ring configuration of tuned amplifiers and a single phase shifter. This ring topology is coupled to a single phase locked loop (“PLL”) that allows for direct modulation and demodulation of arbitrary waveforms without using RF up/down converting mixers. In addition, the PLL distributes the transmit waveforms to all antenna elements in the transmit mode and combines the received waveforms in the receive mode without any complicated power distribution network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Harish Krishnaswamy, Hossein Hashemi
  • Patent number: 7831215
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, transceiver circuits, and systems can compensate an IQ mismatch (e.g., Tx or Rx) or a carrier leakage using a plurality of local oscillators. One embodiment of a transceiver can include a first up-conversion IQ mixer, a second up-conversion IQ mixer, a first down-conversion IQ mixer with an input to receive an output of the second up-conversion IQ mixer, a second down-conversion IQ mixer with an input to receive an output of the first up-conversion IQ mixer, a first local oscillator to generate a first IQ LO signal for the first up-conversion IQ mixer and the first down-conversion IQ mixer, and a second local oscillator to generate a second IQ LO signal for the second up-conversion IQ mixer and the second down-conversion IQ mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: GCT Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Joonbae Park, Kyeongho Lee
  • Patent number: 7783251
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for integration into a single IC including components such as filters and inductors. The controller for adaptive programming and calibration of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. The self-testing unit generates is used to determine the gain, frequency characteristics, selectivity, noise floor, and distortion behavior of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran, Meng-An Pan, Hung-Ming Chien, Shahla Khorram, William T. Colleran, Jacob Rael, Masood Syed, Brima Ibrahim, Stephen Wu, Shervin Moloudi
  • Publication number: 20100190517
    Abstract: A transceiver node includes a pulse coupled oscillator in an integrated circuit, which can synchronize with other nodes to generate a global clock subsequently used to facilitate synchronous communications between individual nodes. Known potential uses include a low power sensor node radio for an ad-hoc network for military applications and medical applications such as ingestible and implantable radios, self powered radios, and medical monitoring systems such as cardiac and neural monitoring patches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiao Y. Wang, Alyssa B. Apsel
  • Patent number: 7756472
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for integration into a single IC including components such as filters and inductors. The controller for adaptive programming and calibration of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. The self-testing unit generates is used to determine the gain, frequency characteristics, selectivity, noise floor, and distortion behavior of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Hooman Darabi, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Shahla Khorram, Brima Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 7702294
    Abstract: A notch filter suitable for attenuating certain frequencies of a radio-frequency signal includes an input for receiving the radio-frequency signal and an output for the output of a portion of the radio-frequency signal, first and second capacitive means, at least one inductor and a negative resistance circuit suitable for compensating the resistive losses of said at least one inductor. The inductor and the first and second capacitive means are placed to produce a resonator and the filter comprises a control device suitable for controlling the negative resistance circuit. The input impedance of the filter comprises a pole and a zero, with the pole depending on the second capacitive means and the zero depending on both the first and second capacitive means. The first and second capacitive means are variable and the control device is suitable for controlling the first and second capacitive means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventor: Angelo Granata
  • Patent number: 7620371
    Abstract: A single chip radio transceiver includes circuitry that enables received wideband RF signals to be down-converted to baseband frequencies and baseband signals to be up-converted to wideband RF signals prior to transmission without requiring conversion to an intermediate frequency. The circuitry includes a low noise amplifier, automatic frequency control circuitry for aligning a local oscillation frequency with the frequency of the received RF signals, signal power measuring circuitry for measuring the signal to signal and power ratio and for adjusting frontal and rear amplification stages accordingly, and finally, filtering circuitry to filter high and low frequency interfering signals including DC offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Alireza Zolfaghari
  • Patent number: 7613264
    Abstract: A method for implementing a flexible sampling-rate encoder, comprising the steps of (A) sampling an input signal at a regular time-interval to produce sampled data, (B) generating a pseudo-random bit sequence having a plurality of bits, wherein each bit corresponds to a different sampling time, (C) encoding a first set of the sampled data to generate an encoded stream when any bit in the pseudo-random bit sequence is equal to a first value, wherein each bit in the encoded stream corresponds to one of the sampling times defined in step (B), and (D) determining the different sampling time for each sample in the encoded stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Paul J. Wells, Baptiste Paquier
  • Patent number: 7570924
    Abstract: A high frequency signal receiving device includes a reference frequency signal generating section operable to generate a reference frequency signal; a high frequency signal processing section operable to obtain a signal of a desired channel from a high frequency signal using the reference frequency signal, the high frequency signal being obtained by receiving a broadcast wave; an analog demodulating section operable to subject the signal of the desired channel to an analog demodulation process; and a digital demodulating section operable to subject the signal of the desired channel to a digital demodulation process using the reference frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Suda, Kazuhiko Maejima, Yasuhiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7558556
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for integration into a single IC including components such as filters and inductors. The controller for adaptive programming and calibration of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. The self-testing unit generates is used to determine the gain, frequency characteristics, selectivity, noise floor, and distortion behavior of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Shervin Moloudi, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 7548726
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for integration into a single IC including components such as filters and inductors. The controller for adaptive programming and calibration of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. The self-testing unit generates is used to determine the gain, frequency characteristics, selectivity, noise floor, and distortion behavior of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 7542731
    Abstract: Provided is a radio frequency transceiver. The radio frequency transceiver includes: a receiving unit for converting a radio frequency signal received by an antenna into an intermediate signal based on an intermediate local signal; a transmitting unit for converting an intermediate signal into a radio frequency signal based on a radio frequency local signal; and a local signal generating unit for generating the intermediate local signal and the radio frequency local signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Bong-Hyuk Park, Jong-Won Kim, Yong-Il Jun, Hyeong-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 7519333
    Abstract: A radio such as a frequency division duplex (FDD) radio (100) has a first local oscillator (LO1I and LO1Q) that is set to coincide with the transmitter section's (126) center frequency or a sub-harmonic thereof. In this way, after the first down-conversion, the transmit interferer is converted to DC, where it can be effectively removed using a simple high-pass filter (110, 112) such as a DC blocking capacitor. Image rejection is achieved by the use of a two-step down-conversion approach that uses quadrature local oscillators to implement a single-sideband down-converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Ranjit Gharpurey
  • Patent number: 7515879
    Abstract: An RF circuit module, in which a power amplifier and a transceiver are united, with reduced interference between its electronic circuit blocks, downsized and still having high performance, and with a stable performance not dependent on the ground land structure on the motherboard, is provided. The ground plane 110 for at least a last-stage amplifier 11 of the power amplifier 10 where the greatest power is generated in the whole RF circuit block, that is, the source of generating the greatest noise and heat for the RF circuit block, is isolated from the ground plane for at least one circuit portion of the transceiver 9 including an LNA 51, receiver 52, transmitter 30, and VCO 70. These ground planes are connected to a common ground plane 480 through different connection conductors, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okabe, Hidetoshi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7512378
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for integration into a single IC including components such as filters and inductors. The controller for adaptive programming and calibration of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. The self-testing unit generates is used to determine the gain, frequency characteristics, selectivity, noise floor, and distortion behavior of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran, Meng-An Pan, Hung-Ming Chien, Shahla Khorram, William T. Colleran, Jacob Rael, Masood Syed, Brima Ibrahim, Stephen Wu, Shervin Moloudi
  • Patent number: 7469128
    Abstract: A microwave radio assembly is described including a directional antenna wherein the installation and aiming is simplified. The assembly is attached to the wall-mount fix via gimbals mechanism with one rotation axis for azimuth and one for elevation and the assembly preferably includes a sight mechanism including a pair of visual apertures is located in the radio assembly in a line parallel to the radio antenna radiation direction. The radio assembly further includes a modulation cancellation scheme in full duplex mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Bridgewave Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Eliezer Pastemak, Gregg Levin, Idan Bar-Sade, John Park
  • Patent number: 7463865
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided for compensation of an RF link between a transmitter and amplifier of a communication system. The apparatus comprises a signal source coupled to the transmitter for providing an RF test signal of a first magnitude to the RF link, a test signal measuring apparatus at the RF input of the amplifier for measuring a second magnitude of the test signal reaching the RF input of the amplifier through the RF link, and an electronically adjustable attenuator serially coupled with the RF link and responsive to differences between the first and second magnitudes so as to provide attenuation in an RF communication signal passing into the amplifier from the RF link such that the sum of RF signal loss in the link and the attenuator has a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Reese, Gregory L. Carlile, Curt A. Gray
  • Patent number: 7463868
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for integration into a single IC including components such as filters and inductors. The controller for adaptive programming and calibration of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. The self-testing unit generates is used to determine the gain, frequency characteristics, selectivity, noise floor, and distortion behavior of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran, Jacob Rael, Syed Masood, Brima Ibrahim, Hung-Ming Chien, Stephen Wu, Meng-An Pan
  • Patent number: 7421252
    Abstract: A phase rotator for a Cartesian feedback power amplifier in a transmitter final stage contains an integrated voltage controlled tunable resonant circuit accomplishing band-pass filtering at a center frequency selected by local oscillator (LO) coarse trim control signals. The voltage controlled tunable resonant circuit attenuates input signal harmonic levels at large fractional bandwidths for the downconverter in the feedback LO path without setting a large number of poles in the band-pass filter. The binary-weighted course trim value for controlling the gain of the LO sets a bank of voltage-variable capacitors (VVC) in the voltage controlled tunable resonant circuit to control the center frequency in each of two 2-pole band-pass filters, creating a composite 4-pole band-pass filter at the input of a poly-phase quadrature generation circuit in the feedback LO path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Kirschenmann, Derek K. Wong
  • Patent number: 7421251
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for calibrating a non-crystal oscillator in a transceiver unit using a crystal-oscillator includes the step of establishing a time base based upon oscillations of the crystal oscillator. A comparison of the number of oscillations for the non-crystal oscillator and the crystal oscillator is made during a known time period is made. An adjustment is determined based upon the established time base and the compared number of oscillations. The transceiving of the transceiver unit is then controlled based upon this adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Alan L. Westwick, Douglas R. Holberg
  • Patent number: RE41583
    Abstract: A transceiver configuration has an integrated circuit (IC) with an A/D and/or D/A converter, a VCO with a reference oscillator, which provides a sampling clock for the A/D and/or D/A converter, and a digital data processing circuit. The IC is connected to a radio-frequency section, the frequency converter stage of which is operated with a beat frequency derived from the controllable oscillator frequency foz. A capacitive resonant element of the reference oscillator is disposed outside of the IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Markus Doetsch, Peter Jung, Joerg Plechinger, Peter Schmidt