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| 20080207146 | High Dynamic Range Receiver - The invention relates to an adjustment method, especially for adjusting optical or fibre optical components. Said method involves locally heating, in a defined manner, at least one first partial region of an adjustment region ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080207147 | Radio transmitter front-end with amplitude and phase correction and methods for use therewith - A radio transmitter front-end for use in a voice data and RF integrated circuit (IC) includes a phase correction module that produces a phase adjusted signal in response to a phase modulated signal and at least one phase correction signal. An amplitude correction module produces an amplitude adjusted signal in response to an amplitude modulating signal and an amplitude correction signal. An amplifier amplifies the phase adjusted signal and amplitude modulates the phase adjusted signal, based on the amplitude adjusted signal, to produce a polar coordinate transmit signal. A correction generation module generates the at least one phase correction signal and the amplitude correction signal, based on the polar coordinate transmit signal and the phase adjusted signal. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080233901 | Radio Communication Apparatus and Peak Suppression Method - A radio communication apparatus enabling reduction in peak-to-average power ratio without decreasing the transmission efficiency. In this apparatus, buffer section | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080242244 | SYSTEM HAVING A FILTER - A system having a filter is disclosed. One embodiment includes at least two polyphase filter branches, each of the polyphase filter branches including a respective recursive allpass filter, wherein the filter approximates a linear filter. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080274707 | Method and Apparatus to Minimize Interference Among Co-Located Multiple Wireless Devices - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for managing transmit requests among a plurality of co-located transmitting devices each associated with a wireless transmitting protocol. The method comprises the steps of determining the cost associated with each of the transmit requests, wherein the cost is associated with the cost of granting the request and the cost of rejecting the request, granting the request associated with the lowest cost, and rejecting all other requests. In another aspect of the invention, the method comprises the step of determining whether the lowest cost is acceptable and rejecting the request associated with the lowest cost when the lowest cost is unacceptable. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090011724 | A RADIO TELECOMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND A METHOD OF DECREASING PERTURBATIONS WITHIN THIS TERMINAL - The radio telecommunication terminal ( | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090011725 | RADIO RECEIVER AND RADIO TRANSMITTER - A radio receiver includes an aerial wire that receives a radio signal in which a transmission signal is superimposed on a carrier, a voltage-controlled oscillator that oscillates a local oscillation signal, a frequency multiplier, a demodulation circuit that demodulates the transmission signal on the basis of the radio signal and the local oscillation signal, and an oscillation frequency control circuit that repeatedly sweeps the frequency of the local oscillation signal over a frequency bandwidth that is equal to or greater than the width of a frequency drift in a carrier frequency from the aerial wire or over a frequency bandwidth that is equal to or greater than the width of a frequency drift in the local oscillation signal. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090023403 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERMODULATION INTERFERENCE - In one embodiment, a method of controlling intermodulation (IM) interference is provided. The method comprises determining if an IM product spectrum overlaps the spectrum of an assigned receive frequency and determining when transmissions from at least two transmitters are to overlap in time. If the IM product spectrum overlaps the assigned receive frequency spectrum, it is determined if a signal is being propagated on the receive frequency when the transmissions from the at least two transmitters are to overlap in time. If a signal is not being propagated on the receive frequency, the at least two transmitters are allowed to transmit the overlapping transmissions; and if a signal is being propagated on the receive frequency, control steps are initiated to reduce the effects of IM interference | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090023404 | Controlling a Receiver - A receiver | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090068965 | Method, Apparatus and System for an Omni Digital Package for Reducing Interference - A system for an omni digital package for reducing interference may include a passive combiner and a transmit signal canceller. The passive combiner may be configured to combine at least two input frequencies to produce a combined signal. The transmit signal canceller may be configured to determine an interference frequency based on a combination of the at least two input frequencies. The transmit signal canceller may include a tap weight determiner configured to determine a weighting coefficient associated with the interference frequency, and a cancellation function configured to perform a cancellation operation to at least partially cancel the interference frequency from the combined signal based on the weighting coefficient. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090081969 | DIGITAL FM RADIO TRANSMITTER - A digital FM transmitter has a digital controlled oscillator for generating a modulated RF carrier. A digital signal processor receives digital input samples and generates a modulating signal for input to the digital controlled oscillator. A bandpass filter for filters frequency components of the modulated carrier outside a predetermined frequency band and supplies the filtered modulated RF carrier to an antenna. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090081970 | INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYING FRACTIONAL FREQUENCY REUSE - Interference that occurs during wireless communication may be managed through the use of fractional reuse and other techniques. In some aspects fractional reuse may relate to HARQ interlaces, portions of a timeslot, frequency spectrum, and spreading codes. Interference may be managed through the use of a transmit power profile and/or an attenuation profile. Interference also may be managed through the use of power management-related techniques. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090088092 | INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE - A method of shaping signals intended for transmission via at least one antenna, each signal having a respective frequency spectrum and being for transmission via a respective antenna, comprises selecting at least one interference-reducing signal, each interference-reducing signal being such as to modify the signal frequency spectrum for the antenna or a respective one of the antennas to include a respective frequency notch at an interference band, and modifying the frequency spectra with the selected interference-reducing signal or signals, wherein the selection is subject to a constraint on at least one characteristic of the spectra as modified | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090111398 | Transmitter and transmission method - There is provided an apparatus, having a first local oscillator generate a first oscillation signal, a first mixer generating a transmit signal by mixing an input signal and the first oscillation signal, an observation receiver receiving a portion of the transmit signal, and applying, in a first operation mode of the apparatus, the received portion of the transmit signal such that a transmit signal component on a frequency of the first oscillation signal falls into a band-pass frequency of the observation receiver, and shift, in a second operation mode of the apparatus, the received portion of the transmit signal such that an oscillation leakage signal component of the first oscillation signal falls into the band-pass frequency of the observation receiver; and a compensation unit generating a compensation signal based on the band-pass signal of the observation receiver for compensation of the input signal. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090124218 | RF Transmitter with Heat Compensation and Method Therefor - An RF transmitter ( | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090149140 | POWER CONTROL UTILIZING MULTIPLE RATE INTERFERENCE INDICATIONS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate mitigation of interference in a wireless communication environment. Terminals can utilize interference information provided by neighboring sectors to adjust transmit power and reduce interference. Access points can provide two sets or types of interference information. The first type can be transmitted over a large coverage area, requiring significant overhead and limiting the transmission rate. Access points can also provide a second set or type of interference information directed at smaller coverage area, such as an area proximate to the edge of the supported sector. This second type of interference information can be utilized by terminals that include the access point within their active set. The second set of interference information can be provided at a higher rate than the first set due to decreased overhead requirements. Terminals can utilize both sets of interference information to adjust transmit power. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090163154 | Method For Compensating Signal Distortions in Composite Amplifiers - A method for compensating signal distortions in multiple transmitting branches ( | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090264087 | Apparatus and method for beamforming considering interference amount in broadband wireless communication system - An apparatus and method for beamforming in a broadband wireless communication are provided. The apparatus includes a first calculator for determining a degradation factor to indicate a degradation degree of a target signal due to interference cancellation by using a target channel matrix and at least one interfering channel matrix, a second calculator for determining a new noise power value to be used to calculate a beamforming vector if the degradation factor is greater than or equal to a threshold, and for determining the beamforming vector by using the new noise power value, and a beamformer for performing beamforming on a signal transmitted/received with a target Mobile Station (MS) by using the beamforming vector. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090264088 | METHOD FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE - A method for mitigating interference is provided. First, a received signal having a training sequence is received from a transmitter. Then, a Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR) of the training sequence in the received signal is calculated, and whether a co-channel interference signal exists in the received signal is determined according to the SINR. The signal power corresponding to each time index in the received signal is calculated to detect a beginning time point and an ending time point of the co-channel interference signal. Finally, when the co-channel interference signal in the received signal is detected, the time when an interference cancellation filter is turned on is determined by the beginning time point and the ending time point. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090298446 | DISTORTION COMPENSATING APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATING APPARATUS, AND DISTORTION COMPENSATING METHOD - A distortion compensating apparatus includes following units. An information measuring unit measures a distortion component and an electric power component based on a radiation signal. A compensation coefficient calculating unit calculates a compensation coefficient based on the distortion component and the electric power component. A signal transmitting unit outputs a signal corrected by the compensation coefficient as a transmission signal. A signal converting unit converts the transmission signal into a high frequency signal. An amplitude separating unit amplifies the high frequency signal and separates a portion thereof as a signal to be fed back. A feeding-back unit processes the portion and outputs the result as a feedback signal to the information measuring unit. An electric power information extracting unit outputs a portion of the high frequency signal as the radiation signal, extracts electric power information from the radiation signal, and directly outputs the electric power information to the information measuring unit. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100022206 | TRANSMISSION NOISE CANCELLATION - Exemplary embodiments of the disclosure are directed to down-converting an RF signal of a transmitter to baseband, filtering the down-converted signal, and generating a composite signal based on the filtered down-converted signal and a transmission based-band signal. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100022207 | TRANSMITTER - To provide a transmitter wherein even in a case of sharing a detector circuit between or among a plurality of transmitting circuits, a high degree of detection accuracy can be achieved without increasing the signal power supplied to the detector circuit. In a transmitter including a detector circuit | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100120382 | Systems and Methods for Dampening TDMA Interference - Systems and methods are disclosed which relate to mitigating the detrimental effects of interference to electronic devices from mobile telephones utilizing any form of time-domain multiplexing technology. A wireless transmitter inside the mobile telephone broadcasts a warning transmission which can be received by affected devices. Once the warning transmission is received by an affected device, the device activates a blanking circuit comprising an actuator and a switch or switches. The switches open for the duration of the interference so that the user does not receive undesired output such as: noise through a speaker, noise through a microphone, or other interference with electrical signals. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100120383 | DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A differential includes first and second current mirror circuits that provide the gates of slave transistors with gate voltages of master transistors via a voltage follower where a slew rate at a rise time is equal to a slew rate at a fall time. Thus, when the master current is increased or decreased, an incremental change in slave current and a decremental change in slave current are symmetrical with each other. The use of such current mirrors in a differential manner leads to no generation of common mode noise even in these changes. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100130144 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING TRANSMITTER PERFORMANCE - Exemplary embodiment are directed to preserving transmitter linearity in RF transceivers while reducing RX band noise for use with low-power voltage supplies. In one aspect, a programmable attenuation element may be provided on-chip at the output of a driver amplifier, prior to a matching network. In another aspect, the programmable attenuation element may include a plurality of switchable capacitors. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100173596 | FEED FORWARD NOISE REDUCTION IN A TRANSMITTER - A circuit ( | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100184391 | SWEPT NOTCH ULTRA WIDE BAND (UWB) TRANSMITTER - A UWB or other transmitter reduces interference to a narrow-band victim receiver on a periodic basis by means of a frequency swept notch. The notch may be created using active interference cancellation signal processing or simple deletion of sub-carriers. Details are given of both methods. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100197249 | ADJUSTABLE TRANSMISSION FILTER - An adjustable filter is responsive to a control signal to change a frequency response of the adjustable filter based on at least one of a geographic location, frequency spectrum information, and a status of a secondary internal radio. The control signal may shift a center of the pass band from a first center frequency to a second center frequency and/or change a pass band bandwidth from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth. A transmitter includes an adjustable filter responsive to a control signal and controller configured to select a frequency response of the adjustable filter by generating the control signal based on a geographical location. In one aspect, the geographical location indicates a region of operation of the receiver and the frequency response is selected in accordance with the region. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100233973 | ANTENNA BEAM FORMING SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES USING PHASE ADJUSTED LEAST SQUARES BEAM FORMING - Methods of operating a transceiver including an antenna having a plurality of antenna feed elements include providing a plurality of gain constraint values associated with respective ones of the plurality of geographic constraint points within a geographic region, selecting initial phase constraint values associated with respective ones of the gain constraint values, generating antenna feed element weights based on the gain constraint values and based on the initial phase constraint values, and determining system response values in response to the antenna feed element weights. Phases of the system response values are compared to the initial phase constraint values, and an antenna beam is formed from the antenna to the geographic region using the antenna feed element weights in response to the comparison of the phases of the system response values to the initial phase constraint values. Related systems and devices are also disclosed. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110028107 | SPECTRUM SENSING NETWORK - In accordance with various embodiments methods, systems and devices are generally described for assigning a reputation value to a cognitive device in a communications system. Some of the described methods may include one or more of generating reputation value information, assigning a reputation value associated with the cognitive device, based on the reputation value information, and transmitting the reputation value associated with the cognitive device, to the cognitive radio. In addition, some other described methods may include one or more of associating a reputation value with the cognitive device, receiving cognitive information from the cognitive device, and performing a cognitive task using the cognitive information based on the reputation value exceeding a threshold value. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110028108 | Method and apparatus to provide low cost transmit beamforming for network devices - Techniques and structures for use in generating an approximated beamforming matrix in a MIMO based system are disclosed. The techniques and structures may be used to allow closed loop MIMO beamforming to be performed within a device that does not include singular value decomposition (SVD) circuitry. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110053528 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING NON-LINEAR DEVICES - To assist with the detection of unfiltered device(s), a system observes how the received noise changes between two links as the transmit signal is changed. Harmful unfiltered nonlinear devices will generate significant noise that depends on the transmitted signals; therefore, this additional noise can be quantified to some extent by comparing the observed noise for two different transmit signals. The total noise can be determined from the SNR if the received signal is known. The received signal may be read directly in some non-standard systems, or it may be determined from the known transmit signal and channel attenuation, which is sometimes the case in standard-compliant links, but often with a relatively large error. To circumvent this problem, certain embodiments of this invention only consider the change in noise between two links with the same channel attenuation. This differential comparison makes it unnecessary to accurately know the channel attenuation. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110053529 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR COMMUNICATION - The present invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit for communication (RF IC) realizing high yield without deteriorating a carrier leak characteristic even when a modulation circuit is formed by using cheep parts with large variations. In a semiconductor integrated circuit (RF IC) including: an input circuit constructed by a differential amplifier circuit and a level shifter, which is provided on the ante stage of a mixer of a differential circuit called a Gilbert Cell; and a modulation circuit that performs modulation by adding an I/Q signal and a carrier wave signal, a calibration circuit for canceling a DC offset in an output of the input circuit is provided. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110076968 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH REDUCED NOISE SPEECH CODING - A communication device includes memory, an input interface, a processing module, and a transmitter. The processing module receives a digital signal from the input interface, wherein the digital signal includes a desired digital signal component and an undesired digital signal component. The processing module identifies one of a plurality of codebooks based on the undesired digital signal component. The processing module then identifies a codebook entry from the one of the plurality of codebooks based on the desired digital signal component to produce a selected codebook entry. The processing module then generates a coded signal based on the selected codebook entry, wherein the coded signal includes a substantially unattenuated representation of the desired digital signal component and an attenuated representation of the undesired digital signal component. The transmitter converts the coded signal into an outbound signal in accordance with a signaling protocol and transmits it. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110136448 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL SCHEME - An uplink power control technique may include a simplified maximum sector throughput (SMST) and a generalized maximum sector throughput (GMST). The SMST and GMST techniques may be used to determine a maximum sector throughput and cell-edge throughput to enhance the overall efficiency of the communication system. The uplink power control technique may determine the optimal uplink power value without collecting interference over thermal noise and without computing the individual channel losses in each neighboring sector. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110151808 | System And Method For Power Control For A Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Filter-Less Transmitter - A power control system includes a transmitter having a plurality of gain-adjustable elements, a switchable attenuator located at an output of the transmitter, a gain-adjustable power amplifier coupled to the attenuator, and a power control element responsive to a power target signal, the power control element configured to calculate and apply a gain control signal to the plurality of gain-adjustable elements in the transmitter, to the switchable attenuator, and to the gain-adjustable power amplifier so that a signal to noise ratio (SNR) at the output of the transmitter remains substantially constant over a range of output power. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110189964 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPEDANCE MATCHING FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSMITTER - In accordance with another representative embodiment, a high-frequency signal transmitter a power amplifier configured to supply a high-frequency signal; an antenna configured to transmit the high-frequency signal; a transmission line configured to transfer the high-frequency signal from the power amplifier to the antenna; and an impedance matching circuit connected to the transmission line. The high-frequency signal transmitter also comprises a mismatch detector. The mismatch detector is configured to designate a comparatively poor linearity region and a comparatively good linearity region by dividing a Smith chart into the two regions based on Adjacent Channel Power Ratio (ACPR) contours drawn on the Smith chart at a point on the transmission line where the impedance matching circuit is connected, to measure a time-dependent reflection coefficient of the high-frequency signal transmitter in terms of a phase and a magnitude, to determine whether the reflection coefficient is located in the comparatively poor linearity region or the comparatively good linearity region, and based on a result of the determination, to improve the linearity of the high-frequency signal transmitter. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110250857 | Interference Avoidance in White Space Communication Systems - Mobile communication system equipment avoids interfering with another transmitter's operation. Sensing information indicating whether the other transmitter's signal has been detected is received from remote sensors, wherein each of the remote sensors is situated at a respective one of two or more sensor locations. The sensing information and information about the sensor locations is used to ascertain one or more exclusion boundaries needed to avoid interfering with the other transmitter's use of the spectral resource. Beamforming parameters are ascertained that will enable the main node to transmit within one or more predefined geographical areas except for any portion of a predefined area located on a far side of the one or more exclusion boundaries. Two or more adjusted signals are produced as a function of the beamforming parameters and one or more signals to be transmitted. The adjusted signals are transmitted from respective ones of two or more antennas. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110300817 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING TRANSMISSION LEAKAGE SIGNAL - An apparatus and method for removing a transmission leakage signal from a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader are provided. The apparatus includes a removing unit having a device of a large impedance and a phase shifter capable of a wide range phase change with respect to a leakage signal, thereby optimally removing the transmission leakage signal irrespective of a change in the frequency characteristics and a change in the length of a cable. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120071116 | MU MIMO SUPPORT WITH HIGHLY DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS - In various embodiments, a network controller in a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) network may perform training for directional communications with multiple mobile devices. It may organize the mobile devices into different groups, with all the mobile devices in a single group able to communicate simultaneously with the network controller without excessive interference from each other. Various techniques may be used for such training and grouping. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120100819 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH REDUCED HARMONICS RESULTING FROM METAL SHIELD COUPLING - A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing, antenna, and circuit board carried by the housing and having radio frequency (RF) circuitry operative with the antenna for receiving and transmitting RF signals through the antenna. A power amplifier is connected within a transmission line for amplifying RF signals to be transmitted over the transmission line to the antenna. An antenna switch is connected to the antenna and RF circuitry. An RF shield surrounds the power amplifier and antenna switch and isolates the power amplifier and antenna switch from the antenna and RF circuitry. A low pass filter is connected to the power amplifier and antenna switch for reducing any RF coupling of voltage standing waves of upper harmonic frequencies from the power amplifier into the antenna switch through the RF shield while maintaining transmission of signals through the transmission line at a desired fundamental frequency. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120171974 | Noise Suppression - The present invention relates to a method of suppressing noise in a communication device. The idea consists in forwarding to a noise suppression module some information regarding the radio transmission in terms of radio activity and/or in terms of radio transmission power. The module then advantageously uses this information to suppress radio path noise. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120202440 | DISTORTION COMPENSATION DEVICE, TRANSMITTER, AND DISTORTION COMPENSATION METHOD - A distortion compensation device includes a distortion compensator that predistorts an input signal based on delay signals and distortion compensation coefficients corresponding to the respective delay signals obtained by applying different amounts of delay to the input signal, a calculator that calculates an error signal based on the predistorted input signal and an output signal from an amplifier that amplifies the predistorted input signal, a calculator that calculates prospective distortion compensation coefficients for updating the distortion compensation coefficients, based on the error signal, a saturation processor that performs saturation processing for bringing, when the prospective distortion compensation coefficients do not fall into a preset range, the prospective distortion compensation coefficients into the preset range, and a controller that controls the updating of the distortion compensation coefficients based on pieces of coefficient saturation information indicating whether the saturation processing is performed on the prospective distortion compensation coefficients. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120244824 | MINIMIZATION OF RMS PHASE ERROR IN A PHASE LOCKED LOOP BY DITHERING OF A FREQUENCY REFERENCE - A novel and useful apparatus for and method of minimizing the phase distortions experienced at the output of a phase locked loop (PLL) by dithering of its input frequency reference to overcome additive interference that is parasitically suffered on it. The frequency reference signal is dithered in a controlled manner using either indirect or direct coupling. The dither signal may be a single clock or is generated by switching between two or more of the existing clock signals generated, or may be produced by a dedicated pseudo-random noise generator having specific spectral properties. In indirect coupling, the dither signal is coupled through a bond wire sufficiently close in proximity to the frequency reference circuit input. This dominates the jitter inflicted onto the frequency reference signal and upconverts its spectral content to higher frequency, thus eliminating the more damaging low-frequency jitter caused by the interfering RF signal. In direct coupling, the dither signal is coupled to the reference frequency input using a network of components directly connected thereto. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120315865 | MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM USING CCDP AND XPIC - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a microwave transmission method, apparatus, and system using CCDP and XPIC, and relate to the field of mobile communication technologies. The microwave transmission method includes: sending two channels of service that are corresponding to the same frequency and have different polarization directions, where the two channels of service are paired into one logical group; and when receiving, through a feedback channel, a failure signal sent by another end, closing sending of a channel of service that is indicated by the failure signal. In the embodiments of the present invention, after the failure signal sent by the another end is received, the sending of a channel of the service that is indicated by the failure signal is closed, so that no interference is caused to another channel of service, thus ensuring that another channel of service is received correctly. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120322395 | REJECTION OF RF INTERFERERS AND NOISE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TRANSCEIVER - The invention provides a radio receiver or transceiver having one or more low noise amplifiers corresponding to one or more antenna inputs wherein one or more outputs of the one or more low noise amplifiers is/are combined at a single output current summing node, a tunable, shunt notch filter is coupled or connected to the summed output node that allows for the attenuation of a Tx blocker or interferer, an external blocker or interferer or an internal on-chip interferer. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130005281 | RF COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH INVERSE FUNCTION FOR COUPLER THEREIN AND RELATED METHODS - A radio frequency (RF) communications device may include a power amplifier, an antenna, a tunable coupler between the power amplifier and the antenna, a processor, and an exciter module coupled between the processor and the power amplifier and generating an RF signal based upon a baseband signal. The processor may be configured to set the tunable coupler to a desired tuning and thereby defining a transfer function for the tunable coupler, and to generate an inverse transfer function of the transfer function of the tunable coupler. The processor may be configured to perform digital filtering upstream of the power amplifier based upon the inverse transfer function. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130005282 | Reducing Out-Of-Band Emission - Disclosed is a transmitter for a communication system. The transmitter comprises a sidelobe suppression module configured to apply a suppression matrix to an input vector comprising symbols to be transmitted by the transmitter; a modulation module configured to modulate the precoded vector to a time-domain symbol using a plurality of subcarriers, each symbol in the precoded vector having a corresponding subcarrier; and a digital-to-analog conversion module configured to convert the time-domain symbol to an analog waveform for transmission. The suppression matrix is constructed such that emissions at one or more predetermined suppression distances lying outside a frequency band defined by the subcarriers are set to zero according to a predetermined emission model. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130040586 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING POWER EFFICIENCY OF A TRANSMITTER - In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit comprises a balun configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal at a first input port and a second input port of an input coil. The balun is further configured to output the RF signal at an output coil communicatively coupled to the input coil. The circuit also comprises a supply voltage selector circuit coupled to the input coil and configured to adjust a bias voltage at the input coil according to a power level of the RF signal received at the input coil. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130040587 | DISTORTION COMPENSATION DEVICE, DISTORTION COMPENSATION METHOD, AND RADIO TRANSMITTER - A distortion compensation device includes: a frequency-characteristic adding unit configured to add a frequency characteristic to an error signal to generate an added error signal, the error signal being a difference between an input signal input to an amplifier and an output signal output from the amplifier; a distortion-compensation-coefficient updating unit configured to update a distortion compensation coefficient for compensating for a distortion characteristic of the amplifier based on the added error signal; and a distortion compensation unit configured to perform distortion compensation on the input signal using the updated distortion compensation coefficient. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130052971 | INTERFERENCE REDUCTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The antenna on hand held devices, such as the iPhone or iPad, can be subject to interference from other circuitry on the device. Such interference may come from high frequency switching of nearby display circuitry, such as de-multiplexors or other circuits. To address this issue, the switching rates may be slowed in certain circuits by adding resistance and/or capacitance, thus raising the RC time constant and slowing the switching times to reduce the high frequency components. Alternatively or in addition to, an EMI shield can be placed over some or all of the display driving circuitry to shield the antenna from high frequency interference. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130065544 | DYNAMIC TRANSMITTER CALIBRATION - A method includes generating an indicator of interference introduced by a transmitter into a spectrum of an output transmit signal outside a target channel of the transmitter. The indicator is generated based on the output transmit signal. The method includes adjusting a power level of the output transmit signal based on the indicator and a predetermined interference indicator level. The indicator may indicate a carrier-to-interference (C/I) ratio of the output transmit signal, and the adjusting comprises setting the power level of the output transmit signal to a maximum power level that maintains the C/I ratio of the output transmit signal above the predetermined interference indicator level. The output transmit signal may be based on a radio-frequency output of a power amplifier of the transmitter prior to transmission over a channel and the generating comprises generating a baseband version of the output transmit signal. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130115899 | PEAK SUPPRESSION ON MULTICARRIER - A ceiling value can be established ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130149976 | Method And System For A Linearized Transmitter Including A Power Amplifier - Disclosed are various embodiments for transmitting radio frequency signals. A radio frequency transmitter may be configured to generate an analog signal comprising an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component. The in-phase component and the quadrature-phase component of the analog signal may be provided to multiple radio frequency processing chains. One of the radio frequency processing chains may generate an output radio frequency signal based on the in-phase component and the quadrature-phase component. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130217349 | Post Filter for Spectral Domain Echo Cancellers to Handle Non-Linear Echo Components - The present document discloses a method and system for improving echo cancellation in the presence of non-linear distortions. A circuit attenuates a transmit signal in one or more spectral bands based on a receive signal. The distorted echo comprised within the transmit signal results from distortions incurred by the receive signal when being rendered by an electronic device. The circuit compares energy values of the receive signal in multiple spectral bands with multiple corresponding spectral band dependent distortion thresholds and determines that for a first spectral band from multiple spectral bands. A first energy value from multiple energy values exceeding a first distortion threshold from multiple distortion thresholds attenuates the transmit signal in one or more spectral bands at higher frequencies than the first spectral band with corresponding spectral band dependent attenuation factors. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130260701 | Method of Controlling RF Transmissions to Mitigate Interference with Critical Care Medical Equipment - Various methods of mitigating RF interference with one or more critical care medical devices is provided, wherein a predetermined threshold energy acceleration value is associated with the one or more critical care medical devices that, if exceeded, will cause RF interference with the one or more critical care medical devices. The methods includes generating and transmitting RF energy, wherein at least a portion of said RF energy follows an RF power profile of power versus time having a particular format designed to mitigate interference. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130316667 | RF SIGNAL CHOKING DEVICE AND ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH A RF SIGNAL CHOKING DEVICE - A RF signal choking device includes: a first port electrically receiving direct current, RF signals, and antenna interface standards group (AISG) signals from a base station; a blocking capacitor being provided for blocking the direct current and the AISG signal and transmitting the RF signal; a second port connected to the other end of the blocking capacitor, for outputting the RF signal; a first inductor, one end of which is connected to the first port, for transmitting the AISG signal and the direct current; a modulator, one end of which is connected to the other end of the first inductor, for processing the AISG signal; a third port, which is connected to the other end of the modulator, for outputting the processed AISG signal; and a second inductor, one end of which is connected to the second port and the other end of which is connected to the ground. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130331045 | INTERFERENCE REDUCTION METHOD - A method for calibrating signal transmission equipment. The equipment includes at least two signal transmission subsystems, a first subsystem implementing a first signal transmission technology and a second subsystem implementing a second signal transmission technology. The method includes transmitting, by the first subsystem, a signal at a predetermined transmission power; measuring, by the second subsystem, an amount of noise perceived on at least one channel associated with the second subsystem; and recording, in a data structure, the amount of noise for the at least one associated channel. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130344826 | ADJUSTABLE RECEIVE FILTER RESPONSIVE TO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM INFORMATION - An adjustable filter is responsive to a control signal to change a frequency response of the adjustable filter based on frequency spectrum information. The control signal may shift a center of the pass band from a first center frequency to a second center frequency and/or change a pass band bandwidth from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth. In one example, the frequency spectrum information includes a status of an internal secondary radio. The frequency spectrum information may also indicate a region of operation where the frequency response is selected in accordance with the region. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140004809 | FREQUENCY MIXER | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140080432 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE FILTER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An electronic device includes an adjustable filter with a first filter element, and a second filter element coupled to the first filter element. The second filter element includes a field effect transistor (FET) including a source terminal, a drain terminal, and a gate terminal. The source terminal and the gate terminal are coupled to a reference voltage. A control circuit is coupled to the drain terminal and is configured to apply a control voltage thereto to vary a capacitance between the source and drain terminals to adjust the adjustable filter. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140106690 | Interference Reduction - Measures for interference reduction for an envelope branch type transmitter. Such measures may include determination of a target frequency span for reducing interference caused by an envelope branch type transmitter, and configuration of a differential delay between a signal branch and an envelope branch of the envelope branch type transmitter on the basis of the determined target frequency span. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140128012 | FILTER, RECEIVER, TRANSMITTER AND TRANSCEIVER - Embodiments of the present invention provide a filter, a receiver, a transmitter, and a transceiver. The filter includes a resonant cavity component, a microstrip filtering component, and two connecting pieces, where the resonant cavity component includes at least two resonant cavities connected in parallel, each resonant cavity is provided with a resonator and a tuning screw, the microstrip filtering component includes a dielectric substrate and a microstrip positioned on the dielectric substrate, one of the connecting pieces matches and connects one end of the microstrip to the resonator on one resonant cavity, the other connecting piece matches and connects the other end of the microstrip to the resonator on another resonant cavity, and impedance of the resonant cavity component is less than impedance of the microstrip filtering component. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140141734 | DIRECT-CONVERSION TRANSMITTER AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME - A direct-conversion transmitter including an oscillator, a frequency divider, a transmitter, and a filter is provided. The oscillator generates an oscillating signal with an original frequency. The frequency divider performs frequency dividing on the oscillating signal, so as to generate a carrier signal. The transmitter receives the carrier signal from the frequency divider and generates an output signal based on the carrier signal and a data signal. The filter is coupled between the frequency divider and the transmitter. The filter filters out an interference signal fed-back from the transmitter to the oscillator, wherein the interference signal may cause the oscillating signal to float. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140141735 | RF Transmitter Having Broadband Impedance Matching for Multi-Band Application Support - Systems and methods are provided for a broadband, closed-loop RF transmitter for multi-band applications that employs a single RF path to service multiple bands of operation. Embodiments of the present disclosure implement a broadband impedance matching module, which avoids the need for several costly and complex narrow-band matching networks. In an embodiment, the broadband impedance matching module includes concentric, mutually-coupled inductors. By adding this broadband impedance matching functionality, delay is significantly reduced because a single path can be used to service multiple bands. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140148109 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING LOCAL OSCILLATOR LEAKAGE IN A TRANSMITTER - According to techniques described herein LO leakage may be automatically minimized in a transmitter chain, even though the leakage may be varying in nature. In an embodiment a target signal for transmission is received. An offset for reducing the effects of the LO leakage is applied to the target signal. After the offset is applied, the target signal is converted to a transmission signal using the LO. A power associated with the transmission signal is determined. The offset is then adjusted based on the power associated with the transmission signal. In another embodiment, the offset signal is adjusted in a manner that minimizes the power associated with the transmission signal. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140170996 | Impedance Matching Apparatus and Impedance Matching Method - Disclosed are an impedance matching apparatus and an impedance matching method thereof. The impedance matching apparatus performs impedance matching between a front end module and an antenna. The impedance matching apparatus includes a switching unit to selectively select multiple-band RF input signals, a power amplifying unit to amplify the RF input signal selected from the switching unit, a reflected power measuring unit to measure a reflection coefficient for the RF input signal, a matching unit to adjust a variable device so that the reflection coefficient is minimized, and a controller to provide a variable device value allowing the minimum reflection coefficient based on the amplified RF input signal and the reflection coefficient. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140235185 | Envelope Tracking Power Amplifier System with Delay Calibration - An envelope tracking power amplifier system time-aligns a supply voltage to an input signal to a power amplifier. The power supply operates in a static mode for low amplitude input signals and operates in a dynamic mode for high amplitude input signals. In the static mode, the power supply produces a substantially constant supply voltage independent of the amplitude of the input signal. In the dynamic mode the power supply produces a dynamically varying envelope tracking supply voltage based on the amplitude of the input signal. A first delay is determined based on portions of the input and output signals captured during static operation of the power supply and a second delay is determined based on portions of the input and output signals captured during dynamic operation. A delay mismatch is estimated based on a difference between the first and second delays. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140273895 | WIRELESS INTERFACE WITHIN TRANSMITTER - A process transmitter is configured to measure a process variable of an industrial process. The process transmitter includes a process variable sensor which senses the process variable and responsively provides a process variable sensor output. Sensor circuitry is coupled to the process variable sensor. A housing to encloses the sensor circuitry and the output circuitry. The sensor circuitry electrical couples to the housing. The sensor circuitry wirelessly communicates with the output circuitry. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140287704 | COMBINATION OF STEERING ANTENNAS, CPL ANTENNA(S), AND ONE OR MORE RECEIVE LOGARITHMIC DETECTOR AMPLIFIERS FOR SISO AND MIMO APPLICATIONS - Logarithmic Detector Amplifiers (LDAs), multiple antennas, active antennas, and multiple active antennas and receivers are provided in a variety of configurations that are synchronized to reduce or eliminate interference so at to provide, a greater range and bandwidth between wireless routers and their clients in WLAN and WAN environments. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20150017932 | SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A signal amplification apparatus includes a first modulator configured to receive an envelope signal, use a predetermined reference level to separate the received envelope signal into a first period and a second period, digitally modulate a signal of the second period to output the digitally modulated signal to a first output terminal, and output a signal of the first period to a second output terminal. Further, the signal amplification apparatus includes a second modulator configured to mix the digital modulated signal input through the first output terminal with a phase modulated carrier signal; an envelope modulator configured to output the signal of the first period as a power supply signal; and a power amplifier configured to amplify the mixed signal output by the second modulator to output the amplified signal. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150044979 | Transmitter With Reduced Counter-Intermodulation - A mixer for a transmitter includes a voltage converter to convert a baseband voltage to a baseband current. A mixer component mixes the baseband current with a local oscillator frequency. An output of the mixer component includes a radio frequency signal and a higher order radio frequency signal. A coupler sends the radio frequency signal and the higher order radio frequency signal to a differential output. A filter is integrated into the coupler to filter the higher order radio frequency signal before being output by the differential output. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150065071 | MIXING STAGE, MODULATOR CIRCUIT AND A CURRENT CONTROL CIRCUIT - A mixing stage includes a first modulation stage that receives an input signal from a first common node of the mixing stage, a first local oscillator input that receives a local oscillator signal, and a first modulation signal output adapted to provide a first modulated signal. A second modulation stage of the mixing stage includes a second input that receives a phase inverted representation of the input signal from a second common node of the mixing stage, a second local oscillator input that receives the local oscillator signal, and a second modulation signal output adapted to provide a second modulated signal. A current generation circuit provides a supply current to the first common node and to the second common node. A current control circuit is adapted to superimpose an offset current to the current of at least one node of the first common node and the second common node. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150111510 | TRANSMITTER HARMONIC CANCELLATION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION/MULTIBAND OPERATION - A method and apparatus for cancelling, from signals received by a radio device in a first frequency band, interference generated by the radio device in the first frequency band when the radio device transmits simultaneously radio signals on at least a second frequency band. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150118980 | TRANSMITTER (TX) RESIDUAL SIDEBAND (RSB) AND LOCAL OSCILLATOR (LO) LEAKAGE CALIBRATION USING A RECONFIGURABLE TONE GENERATOR (TG) AND LO PATHS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for calibrating a transceiver for wireless communications. One example method generally includes configuring a first oscillating signal as an input signal to at least a portion of a receiver (RX) path, calibrating a residual sideband (RSB) of the receiver path using a second oscillating signal as a local oscillating signal for the receiver path, and calibrating an RSB of a transmitter (TX) path by routing an output of the transmitter path to the receiver path, after calibrating the RSB of the receiver path. Another example method generally includes routing an output of a transmitter path to a receiver path, using a first local oscillating signal for the transmitter path, using a second local oscillating signal for the receiver path, and measuring an output of the receiver path as a local oscillator (LO) leakage for the transmitter path. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150303953 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS HAVING DECREASED INFORMATION LOSS - Systems, methods and devices for electronic communications having decreased information loss are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include (1) at least one signal processor identifying a first segment of a signal; (2) the at least one signal processor generating a representation of the first segment of the signal; (3) the at least one signal processor identifying a first plurality of surrogate candidates in the representation of the first segment of the signal; (4) the at least one signal processor generating a representation of a second segment of the signal; and (5) the at least one signal processor encoding the first plurality of surrogate candidates as a first plurality of surrogates in the representation of the second segment of the signal. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160006465 | ANTENNA FOR RECEIVING AND/OR TRANSMITTING POLARIZED COMMUNICATION SIGNALS - An antenna for communicating with a remote communication system. The antenna comprises main and sub reflectors, a beam shaping element facing the sub reflector and having a plurality of feeding points, a plurality of ortho-mode transducers (OMTs), and a plurality of waveguides each having a proximal end connected to another of the plurality of OMTs and a distal end connected to one of the plurality of feeding points. The beam shaping element is sized and shaped to form an ellipsoidal beam creating a first elliptical spot on the sub reflector by combining a plurality of polarized intermediate transmission signals; each of the polarized intermediate transmission signals is originated from another of the plurality of OMTs. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160013821 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FAST LOCAL OSCILLATOR RE-TUNE FOR RESIDUAL SIDE BAND REDUCTION | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160049968 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Interference in Mobile Communication System - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160049969 | COMPENSATION FOR A SIGNAL DAMPING WHILE TRANSMITTING TRANSMISSION SIGNALS OF A WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE - A circuit arrangement compensates for signal damping while transmitting transmission signals of a wireless mobile device. The circuit arrangement contains an adjustable signal level amplifying device which has a signal amplifier for amplifying the transmission signals with a signal amplification generated by the signal amplifier. The circuit further has an adjusting device for adjusting a resulting signal amplification, and a detector arrangement which detects whether a signal level of the transmission signal of the mobile device has exceeded an upper threshold and whether the signal level has reached a lower threshold. The detector arrangement causes the adjusting device to reduce the resulting signal amplification generated by the signal level amplifying device if the signal level has reached the upper threshold. The detector arrangement causes the adjusting device to reduce the resulting signal amplification generated by the signal level amplifying device if the signal level has fallen below the lower threshold. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160065255 | DOMINO CIRCUIT AND RELATED ARCHITECTURES AND METHODS FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - Domino circuit and related architectures and methods for carrier aggregation. In some embodiments, a Domino circuit can include first and second signal paths for respective first and second frequency bands, and each signal path can be configured to present an approximately zero impedance to a signal in the other frequency band. The Domino circuit can further include a coupling circuit that couples the first and second signal paths, and configured such that the approximately zero impedance presented by the signal path to the signal in the other frequency band results in the signal in the other frequency band being substantially excluded from the signal path. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160072530 | Systems and Methods for Performing Power Amplifier Bias Calibration - Wireless communications circuitry in an electronic device may include power amplifier circuitry that is powered using a bias voltage supplied by adjustable power supply circuitry. The power supply circuitry may include envelope tracking circuitry that continuously adjusts the bias voltage. The wireless communications circuitry may generate test signals and may generate performance metric data from the test signals. Processing circuitry may generate bias voltage calibration data based on the performance metric data and may provide the calibration data to the envelope tracking circuitry. After the calibration data has been generated, the envelope tracking circuitry may continuously select bias voltages to provide to the amplifier based on the magnitude of signals that are transmitted and the calibration data. By actively adjusting the bias voltage in this way, power consumption may be minimized without generating undesirable harmonics or other radio-frequency performance requirement violations. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160080011 | MULTI-BAND DEVICE WITH REDUCED BAND LOADING - In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first radio frequency (RF) signal path and a second RF signal path. The first RF signal path can provide a first RF signal when active and the second RF signal path can provide a second RF signal when active. The second RF signal path can include a matching network with a load impedance configured to prevent a resonance in the second RF signal path due to coupling with the first RF signal path when the first RF signal path is active. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080012 | MULTI-BAND DEVICE HAVING SWITCH WITH INPUT SHUNT ARM - In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first radio frequency (RF) signal path and a second RF signal path. The first RF signal path can provide a first RF signal when active and the second RF signal path can provide a second RF signal when active. The second RF signal path can include a select switch having an input shunt arm electrically coupled to an input of the select switch. The input shunt arm can be arranged such that it is on when the first RF signal path is active and/or when the second RF signal path is inactive. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160099733 | INTERMODULATION DISTORTION CANCELER FOR USE IN MULTI-CARRIER TRANSMITTERS - An intermodulation distortion canceler for use in multi-carrier transmitters is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a first transmit chain that transmits a first RF signal, a second transmit chain that transmits a second RF signal, and a canceler that outputs a first leakage cancellation signal that is input to the second transmit chain, and outputs a second leakage cancellation signal that is input to the first transmit chain, the canceler generates the first and second leakage cancellation signals from the first and second RF signals or from first and second baseband signals used to generate the first and second RF signals. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160099783 | SELF-TUNING TRANSFER FUNCTION FOR ADAPTIVE FILTERING - The technology described in this document can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes receiving, at one or more processing devices, a plurality of values representing a set of coefficients of an adaptive filter over a period of time, and identifying, by the one or more processing devices based on the plurality of values, a phase error associated with a transfer function of the adaptive filter. The method also includes adjusting, based on the identified phase error, a phase associated with the transfer function of the adaptive filter such that coefficients calculated using the adjusted transfer o function reduce the phase error. The method further includes determining a set of coefficients for the adaptive filter based on the adjusted transfer function, and programming the adaptive filter with the determined set of coefficients to enable operation of the adaptive filter. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160164496 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING FREQUENCY OFFSETS FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for dynamically adjusting frequency offsets for mitigating interference. One embodiment takes the form of a process carried out by a mobile radio configured to use an adjustable transmit frequency. The mobile radio estimates an expected base-station-receive power level with respect to transmissions from to a base station. The mobile radio adjusts the transmit frequency to be a center frequency of a radio channel plus a default frequency offset responsive to the estimated expected base-station-receive power level being less than a first threshold. The mobile radio adjusts the transmit frequency to be the center frequency plus a modified frequency offset responsive to the estimated expected base-station-receive power level being greater than a second threshold. The modified frequency offset is greater in magnitude than the default frequency offset. The mobile radio transmits an uplink signal to the base station over the adjusted transmit frequency. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160164552 | TRANSMIT NOISE REDUCER - A transmit drive circuit with high signal to noise and frequency agility. In one embodiment, a transmit circuit includes a digital to analog converter, an amplifier, and a signal to noise enhancer, the signal to noise enhancer being a nonlinear passive device that attenuates low-power signals while transmitting high power signals with little loss. The signal to noise enhancer may be fabricated as a thin film of yttrium iron garnet (YIG) epitaxially grown on a gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) substrate, the GGG substrate secured to a microwave transmission line from the input to the output of the signal to noise enhancer, such that the thin film of yttrium iron garnet is close to the transmission line. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160173142 | COMMON MODE NOISE INTRODUCTION TO REDUCE RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160173317 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING SIGNAL DISTORTION IN I/Q MODULATION TRANSCEIVERS | 06-16-2016 |
