Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
455079000 | Automatic (e.g., voice operated) | 39 |
20090081962 | Time Multiplexing for Coexistence Within Multiple Communication Systems - Methods and apparatus permitting the coexistence of multiple communication links to distinct wireless systems in a client device are disclosed. A wireless device can interface with both a primary communications system and at least one distinct communications system by managing the coexistence of active communications with the multiple communication systems. The wireless device can initially configure communications with the primary communications system for dynamically reconfigurable time multiplexed operation having scheduled periods of inactivity. The wireless device can determine timing and scheduling of communications with the distinct communications systems and can schedule the communications with the distinct communications systems during periods of inactivity in the primary communications system. The periods of inactivity may be limited to the scheduled periods of inactivity or can include unscheduled periods of inactivity occurring during active periods of the time multiplexed operation. The device may also use data priorities of communications to override overlapping communication activity. | 03-26-2009 |
20100222012 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus that performs communication uses a communication method in which a transmission period and a reception period alternate with each other. The wireless communication apparatus includes a first antenna that transmits a radio signal during the transmission period and receives a radio signal during the reception period, a second antenna that receives the radio signal transmitted from the first antenna during the transmission period and receives a radio signal during the reception period, a first determining unit that determines a failure of the first antenna based on a ratio of a transmission power to a returning power for the radio signal transmitted from the first antenna, and a second determining unit that determines a failure of the second antenna based on a reception power of a radio signal received by the second antenna during the transmission period and a determination result of the first determining unit. | 09-02-2010 |
20120135694 | UNSCHEDULED PROTOCOLS FOR SWITCHED ANTENNA ARRAYS - In an example embodiment, an apparatus, comprising a first wireless transceiver, a first directional antenna coupled to the first wireless transceiver, a second wireless transceiver, a second directional antenna coupled to the second wireless transceiver, and control logic coupled to the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver. The first wireless transceiver and second wireless transceiver can concurrently receive wireless signals that are spatially separated. The first wireless transceiver asserts a signal while communicating with another wireless device. The control logic is configured to prevent the second wireless transceiver from transmitting while the first wireless transceiver is asserting the signal. | 05-31-2012 |
20120225626 | REUSE OF A SWITCH IC AS A STEP ATTENUATOR - The present invention concerns a system and associated method for providing attenuation of a received signal in a two-way communication circuit without the use of a separate switchable attenuator. Specifically, the attenuation provided by a transmit/receive switch set to the transmit position during reception is used to provide attenuation to a signal reception path. | 09-06-2012 |
20120252376 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication device avoids unnecessary reduction of transmission capacity of a data signal to ensure the reliability of a pilot signal. A determination unit determines a reception modulation method for a received data signal according to the state of the transmission line. A transmission circuit generates a first pilot signal indicating the reception modulation method determined by the determination unit and, after adding an error correction code, modulates and transmits the first pilot signal. A reception unit receives a second pilot signal indicating a transmission modulation method that is the method for modulating a transmitted data signal. A switching unit, in accordance with the transmission modulation method indicated by the second pilot signal received by the reception unit, switches at least one of the modulation method of the first pilot signal transmitted by the transmission circuit and the redundancy of the error correction code of the first pilot signal. | 10-04-2012 |
20120282867 | Transceiver Arrangement and Method for Processing a Signal - A transceiver arrangement includes a first receive path including a first connection and a first receive amplifier, and a second receive path including a second connection, a second receive amplifier, and a frequency conversion device. The transceiver also includes a controllable coupling device configured to couple an output of the first receive amplifier to an input of the frequency conversion device on the second signal path, and a control circuit configured to provide a control signal to the coupling device for selectively combining signals delivered by the first and second receive amplifiers in the correct phase based on a parameter which is derived from a signal present at the first connection or second connection, or both. The parameter derived from the received signal represents whether a signal strength of the received signal or a signal quality of the received signal exceeds a first predetermined threshold. | 11-08-2012 |
20120295558 | Dynamic Cancellation of Passive Intermodulation Interference - A wireless communication node ( | 11-22-2012 |
20130012143 | Method of Controlling a Plurality of Internal Antennas in a Mobile Communication Device - In one embodiment, a mobile communication device comprises a first antenna; a second antenna; a transceiver for processing a received signal and generating a transmit signal; and a controller, based on a detected condition of one of the first antenna or second antenna, for selecting the other one of said first antenna or said second antenna and coupling the transmit signal to the selected other one of said first antenna or said second antenna. | 01-10-2013 |
20130035047 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA ISOLATION-DEPENDENT COEXISTENCE IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus for selectively switching one or more antennas in a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array so as to mitigate interference with another RF interface within the same space-constrained device, based on radio frequency isolation. In one embodiment, the MIMO interface comprises a WLAN interface having a 2×2 or 3×3 array of antennae which are placed in a wireless device in an asymmetric fashion with respect to the antenna of the second interface, and the other interface comprises a PAN (e.g., Bluetooth) interface operating in an overlapping frequency band (e.g., ISM band). When both interfaces are operating, interference is mitigated through selectively switching off one or more of the MIMO antennae, and using the remaining antenna(e) having the best isolation from the Bluetooth antennae. This approach allows simultaneous operation of both interferences without significant degradation to user experience or the operation of either interface, and may also provide power savings critical to mobile device battery longevity. | 02-07-2013 |
20130183912 | BASEBAND STRUCTURE OF TRANSCEIVER - There is provided a baseband structure of a transceiver. In an embodiment, a baseband structure of a transceiver includes a Variable Gain Amplifier (VGA) configured to amplify an input signal by controlling a gain, one or more Fixed Gain Amplifiers (FGAs) connected in series to the VGA and configured to amplify an output signal of the VGA, and one or more selection switches configured to selectively operate the FGAs. In accordance with the present invention, since a plurality of FGAs is selectively driven according to a necessary gain and an LPFG includes an FGA, power consumption and the size of a chip can be reduced and the overall performance of a transceiver can be improved. | 07-18-2013 |
20130210375 | Cancellation of RF Second-Order Intermodulation Distortion - The disclosed invention relates to a transceiver system configured to cancel RF second-order intermodulation distortion (IMD | 08-15-2013 |
20130225101 | SECOND-ORDER FILTER WITH NOTCH FOR USE IN RECEIVERS TO EFFECTIVELY SUPPRESS THE TRANSMITTER BLOCKERS - The disclosed invention relates to a transceiver system comprising a notch filter element configured to suppress transmitter blockers (i.e., transmitter interferer signals) within a reception path. In some embodiments, the transceiver front-end comprises a differential reception path, having a first differential branch and a second differential branch, configured to provide an RF differential input signal having a transmitter blocker to a transimpedance amplifier, comprising a first-order active filter and a notch filter element. The notch filter element comprises a stop band corresponding to a frequency of a transmitted signal, such that the notch filter element suppresses the transmitted blocker without degrading the signal quality of the received differential input signal. | 08-29-2013 |
20130260699 | GENERATING TEST MEASUREMENT VALUES FOR AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION USING AN INTERNAL TESTING LOAD - A wireless communication device configured for automatic calibration is described. The wireless communication device includes a testing load. The wireless communication device also includes a transceiver chip. The wireless communication device further includes a radio frequency connector switch that couples circuitry on the transceiver chip to one of the testing load, an external load and a radiating element. | 10-03-2013 |
20130309982 | ANTENNA SWITCH CONFIGURATION DEVICES, METHODS, & SYSTEMS - A wireless communication apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of antennas and at least one receive or transmit circuit. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to: determine one or more performance characteristics associated with a first antenna while the circuit is connected to the first antenna; switch the circuit from the first antenna to a second antenna; determine one or more performance characteristics associated with the second antenna after the switch; compare the performance characteristics associated with the antennas; determine whether to maintain the switch to the second antenna or to switch the circuit back to the first antenna; and determine a duration of time to maintain a connection between the selected antenna and the circuit based, at least, on one or more performance characteristics. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 11-21-2013 |
20130331044 | FACILITATING SWITCHING BETWEEN TRANSMITTING ANTENNAS IN PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that uses a first antenna and a second antenna in a portable electronic device. During operation, the system receives a request to switch from the first antenna to the second antenna to transmit a signal to a cellular receiver. Next, the system loads a set of radio-frequency (RF) calibration values for the second antenna. Finally, the system performs the switch from the first antenna to the second antenna to transmit the signal, wherein the second antenna is operated using the RF calibration values after the switch. | 12-12-2013 |
20130344821 | Power-Aware Coexistence - A communication device comprising: a receiver operable to receive radio transmissions according to a first communication protocol; a transmitter operable to transmit radio transmissions according to a second communication protocol; and an arbiter connected to the receiver and transmitter; wherein the arbiter is configured to: receive from the transmitter an indication of a first transmit operation intended for performance during a first time period and one or more intended transmit characteristics of the first transmit operation, including a representation of the intended transmit power; determine whether the receiver intends to perform a communication operation during the first time period; determine in dependence on the transmit characteristics and the receive quality, a set of one or more threshold transmit characteristics for the first transmit operation; and cause the transmitter to proceed with the first transmit operation only if its transmit characteristics are constrained in accordance with the threshold transmit characteristics. | 12-26-2013 |
20140073267 | FILTERS FOR MULTI-BAND WIRELESS DEVICE - Techniques to implement a filter for a selected signal path by reusing a circuit component in an unselected signal path are disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes first, second, and third circuits. The first circuit passes a first radio frequency (RF) signal to an antenna when a first signal path is selected. The second circuit passes a second RF signal to the antenna when a second signal path is selected. The third circuit is selectively coupled to the first circuit, e.g., via a switch. The first and third circuits form a filter for the second RF signal (e.g., to attenuate a harmonic of the second RF signal) when the second signal path is selected and the first signal path is unselected. The first circuit may include a series inductor, and the third circuit may include a shunt capacitor. | 03-13-2014 |
20140242924 | ADAPTIVE MODE OPTIMIZER AND MODE SHIFTER - A mode shifter connects via an input port to an antenna port of a transceiver. A port signal analyzer monitors the signal at the input port and informs a signal switch whether the signal power exceeds a threshold value. When the signal power does not exceed the threshold value, the signal switch connects the input port (and consequently the antenna port of the transceiver) to a receive path comprising a receive signal processor, an antenna selection processor, and an antenna port. When the signal exceeds the threshold value, the signal switch connects the input port (and consequently the antenna port of the transceiver) to a transmit path comprising a transmit signal processor, the antenna selection processor, and an antenna port. | 08-28-2014 |
20140273889 | ESTIMATION AND REDUCTION OF SECOND ORDER DISTORTION IN REAL TIME - A radio receiver method of reducing second order distortion components involves at a first mixer, mixing an input signal with an oscillator signal to generate an I component of a received radio communication signal; at a second mixer, mixing the input signal with a phase shifted oscillator signal to generate a Q component of the received radio communication signal; computing an estimate of second order distortion as a function of the I and Q components of the received radio communication signal; and adjusting an operational parameter of the radio receiver to reduce the estimated value of second order distortion components. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 09-18-2014 |
20150024697 | WIRELESS DOCKING WITH CARRIER SENSE CONTROL - A wireless docking system in a shared radio spectrum environment includes a docking station ( | 01-22-2015 |
20150099475 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit performing a first type wireless communication and a second wireless communication unit performing a second type wireless communication, an interference determination portion, and an interference suppression portion. The interference determination portion determines whether the first wireless communication unit is in an interference state based on a radio wave reception state of the first wireless communication unit acquired when the second wireless communication unit is in a transmitting state. In the interference state, radio waves received by the first wireless communication unit are interfered by the radio waves transmitted from the second wireless communication unit. The interference suppression portion executes an interference suppression process in response to the interference state by suppressing the radio waves transmitted from the second wireless communication from interfering with the radio waves received by the first wireless communication unit. | 04-09-2015 |
20150365128 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEAKAGE SUPPRESSION BY SEPARATING IMPAIRMENTS FROM THE RECEIVE PATH - A system for reducing a local oscillator leakage component. The system includes a transmitter channel to transmit data modulated using a transmitter local oscillator frequency. A transmitted signal includes a transmitter local oscillator leakage component. The system also includes a receiver channel to receive the transmitted signal using a receiver local oscillator signal having a frequency offset from the transmitter local oscillator frequency. The received signal includes the transmitter local oscillator leakage component isolated from one or more receiver impairments. The system further includes a feedback loop from the receiver channel to the transmitter channel to identify a power of the isolated transmitter local oscillator leakage component and to generate a local oscillator leakage cancellation signal based on the identified power. | 12-17-2015 |
20160072593 | TRANSCEIVER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A transceiver and an operation method thereof are provided. The transceiver includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to receive an output reference signal to provide an output signal to a signal channel. The receiver is coupled to the signal channel to receive a receiving reference signal to provide a receiving signal. The receiver includes a comparator unit and a signal adjusting unit. The comparator unit is configured to compare a first signal and a second signal to obtain the receiving signal. The signal adjusting unit is coupled between the output reference signal, the receiving reference signal and the comparator unit to adjust a voltage level of at least one of the output reference signal and the receiving reference signal to obtain the first signal and the second signal. | 03-10-2016 |
20160119017 | MULTIPLEXER DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE NOTCH FILTERS CONNECTED IN PARALLEL - A multiplexer device includes an antenna node connected to an antenna for at least one of receiving and transmitting signals; multiple band pass filters connected to the antenna node, each band pass filter having a different passband; and multiple notch filters connected in to the antenna node and the multiple band pass filters, each notch filter having a different stopband corresponding to one of the passbands of the band pass filters. The notch filters are connected in parallel with one another in order to reduce insertion loss. | 04-28-2016 |
455080000 | With distributed parameter coupling | 2 |
20090181624 | INTERMODULATION DISTORTION CONTROL - A wireless communications device comprising duplexing means for directing signals from a transmit path towards an antenna and for providing signals from the antenna to a receive path, wherein the transmit path is arranged to send a first signal to the duplexing means, the receive path is arranged to recover a second signal and the device further comprises detecting means for detecting the presence in the receive path of a third signal that will interact with the first signal to produce intermodulation distortion tending to hamper recovery of the second signal and control means responsive to the detecting means for enhancing linearity in the receive path to reduce said intermodulation distortion. | 07-16-2009 |
20120122410 | MULTIBAND COUPLING ARCHITECTURE - A multiband coupling circuit including: a number of paths equal to the number of frequency bands, each path having a first terminal and a second terminal; a third terminal and a fourth terminal; a number of distributed couplers equal to the number of paths, all couplers being identical and sized according to the highest frequency band, and each coupler including a first conductive line between first and second ports connected to the first and second terminals of the concerned path, and a second conductive line coupled to the first one between third and fourth ports; a first set of attenuations between the third ports of the couplers and the third terminal of the circuit; and an array of filters between the fourth ports of the coupler and the fourth terminal of the circuit. | 05-17-2012 |
455082000 | Common antenna | 13 |
20080227410 | BI-DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL INTERFACE AND APPARATUS USING SAME - A signal interface includes a dual-drive device having a first and a second input port that receive an outgoing signal. One of the first and the second input ports also receive an incoming signal. The dual-drive device passes the incoming signal to an output port while isolating the outgoing signal from the incoming signal. | 09-18-2008 |
20090004976 | ACTIVE POWER METER - An integrated circuit radio transceiver and method therefor include circuitry for generating and power amplifying an outgoing RF signal to produce a power amplified outgoing signal, conducting the power amplified outgoing signal down a transmission path that is disposed substantially parallel to a directional coupler formed on a metallization layer of the integrated circuit, producing a sensed signal level sensed in the directional coupler to a power detector and determining the forward output power based upon the sensed signal level. | 01-01-2009 |
20090023397 | ACTIVE LOAD ISOLATOR AND WIRELESS SPEAKER FOR MIXED SIGNAL ENVIRONMENTS - An isolation circuit includes a low dropout operational current control loop and a shunt regulator. The current control loop is configured to drive the shunt regulator to result in a high dynamic impedance ratio between a voltage source and a load. The current control loop may include a series-pass transistor, a current sensing resistor, and a high side current sensor. | 01-22-2009 |
20090137214 | USER TERMINAL FOR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS, AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method is provided of operation of a user terminal in a network for radio communications comprising a first radio access network and a second radio access network. The user terminal comprising a first radio, a second radio, a first antenna and a second antenna. The first radio comprises two ports for connection to antennas. At least one of the two antennas is switchably connectable to each of the radios. The method comprising the following steps: connecting the two antennas to the first radio such that each port is connected to a respective antenna, and receiving data at the first radio passed via a radio communication connection from a first radio access network to the two antennas; switching the second antenna from connection to the first radio to connection to the second radio, receiving data at the first radio passed via a radio communication connection from the first radio access network to the first antenna, and receiving data at the second radio passed via a radio communication connection from a second radio access network to the second antenna. | 05-28-2009 |
20090170447 | SHARED ANTENNA ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTIPLE CO-LOCATED RADIO MODULES - A shared antenna architecture for multiple co-located radio modules is 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, and a shared antenna structure communicatively coupled to the first transceiver, the second transceiver and the antenna. The shared antenna structure may comprise a combiner and at least one switch arranged to allow the first transceiver and the second transceiver to share the antenna for simultaneous operations or mutually-exclusive operations. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 07-02-2009 |
20090203328 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RF COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO IMPROVEMENT - The signal to noise ratio performance of a RF communication system can be improved by providing resistance to transmitter self-jamming and eliminating or reducing the need for a transmit rejection filter or other measures such as limiters or blanking switches. An anti-jam low noise amplifier provides enough rejection and jamming immunity to reduce or eliminate the need for the transmit reject filter. Thus, the system noise performance is improved by eliminating the filter and the associated losses which cause signal to noise ratio performance degradation. | 08-13-2009 |
20110111708 | TECHNIQUES TO CONTROL A SHARED ANTENNA ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTIPLE CO-LOCATED RADIO MODULES - 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. | 05-12-2011 |
20120142286 | RADIO DEVICE - 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. | 06-07-2012 |
20130122832 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING TDD SWITCH WITH ISOLATING FUNCTION AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A communication terminal and a driving method thereof are provided. The driving method of a communication terminal includes: forming a transmitting path and an absorption path by controlling a time division duplex (TDD) switch in a transmitting mode to isolate the transmitting path and the receiving path from an absorption path, the transmitting path transmitting a transmitting signal in a wireless scheme, and the absorption path diverged from the transmitting path through a circulator of the TDD switch to block a reflecting signal in the transmitting signal reversely transferred to the transmitting path; processing the transmitting signal through the transmitting path. Because a TDD switch has an isolation function, insertion loss in a transmitting path may be suppressed. | 05-16-2013 |
20140242925 | METHODS FOR COORDINATED SIGNAL RECEPTION ACROSS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT BOUNDARIES - 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. | 08-28-2014 |
20150303982 | Radio Frequency Antenna Switch - A radio frequency antenna switch is provided that includes an antenna port, a radio frequency signal port, and at least one branch connected to the antenna port or the radio frequency signal port, where each branch includes multiple transistors which are connected in a stack manner; channel width to length ratios of a preset number of transistors in the multiple transistors progressively decrease in a direction away from the antenna port, where the preset number is less than or equal to the total number of the multiple transistors. With the radio frequency antenna switch, capacitances of the preset number of transistors close to the antenna port increase, and distributed voltages that these transistors close to an antenna end in an off state need to bear are reduced. | 10-22-2015 |
20160156231 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND MOUNTING BOARD | 06-02-2016 |
20160164568 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING-RECEIVING APPARATUS - A signal transmitting-receiving apparatus includes a first switching section, a second switching section, a controller, and an isolation unit. The first switching section is configured to connect Bluetooth signal receiving lines to a Bluetooth antenna. The second switching section configured to connect antennas to one of a Bluetooth receiving terminal, a Wi-Fi signal receiving terminal, and a Wi-Fi signal transmitting terminal. The controller is configured to signal process the Bluetooth signal and a Wi-Fi signal that are transmitted and received. The isolation unit is configured to suppress a signal coupling between the transmitted Bluetooth signal and the Bluetooth signal receiving lines. | 06-09-2016 |