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公开(公告)号：US12052047B2
公开(公告)日：2024-07-30
申请号：US18319664
申请日：2023-05-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Andreas Menkhoff , Andreas Boehme , Bernhard Sogl , Jochen Schrattenecker , Joonhoi Hur
CPC classification number: H04B1/40 , H03K5/01 , H03K2005/00013
Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include a quadratic phase generator for outputting a perfectly interpolated constant amplitude zero autocorrelation (CAZAC) sequence for a transmit path. The quadratic phase generator may include a numerically controlled oscillator, a switch controlled based on a value output from the numerically controlled oscillator, a first integrator stage, and a second integrator stage connected in series with the first integrator stage. The numerically controlled oscillator may receive as inputs a chirp count and a word length. The switch may be configured to switchably feed one of two input values that are a function of the chirp count and the word length to the first integrator stage. The quadratic phase generator may output full-bandwidth chirps or reduced-bandwidth chirps. Bandwidth reduction can be achieved by scaling the two input values of the switches.
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公开(公告)号：US20220229155A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-21
申请号：US17150974
申请日：2021-01-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jochen Schrattenecker , Bernhard Sogl , Andreas Menkhoff , Joonhoi Hur , Harald Pretl , Christian Mayer , Andreas Langer , Rastislav Vazny
IPC: G01S7/40
Abstract: An electronic device may include radar circuitry. Control circuitry may calibrate the radar circuitry using a multi-tone calibration signal. A first mixer may upconvert the calibration signal for transmission by a transmit antenna. A de-chirp mixer may mix the calibration signal output by the first mixer with the calibration signal as received by a receive antenna or loopback path to produce a baseband multi-tone calibration signal. The baseband signal will be offset from DC by the frequency gap. This may prevent DC noise or other system effects from interfering with the calibration signal. The control circuitry may sweep the first mixer over the radio frequencies of operation of the radar circuitry to estimate the power droop and phase shift of the radar circuitry based on baseband calibration signal. Distortion circuitry may distort transmit signals used in spatial ranging operations to invert the estimated power droop and phase shift.
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公开(公告)号：US20240333325A1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-03
申请号：US18743593
申请日：2024-06-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Joonhoi Hur , Jochen Schrattenecker , Bin Xiao , Andre Hanke , Harald Pretl , Rastislav Vazny , Bernhard Sogl , Andreas Menkhoff
CPC classification number: H04B1/1027 , H04B1/123 , H04B15/005
Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a transmit antenna that transmits signals and a receive antenna that receives reflected signals. The wireless circuitry may detect a range between the device and an external object based on the transmitted signals and the reflected signals. When the range exceeds a first threshold, the wireless circuitry may use the transmitted signals and received signals to record background noise. When the range is less than a second threshold value, the wireless circuitry may detect the range based on the reflected signals and the recorded background noise. This may allow the range to be accurately measured within an ultra-short range domain even when the device is placed in different device cases, placed on different surfaces, etc.
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公开(公告)号：US20230417900A1
公开(公告)日：2023-12-28
申请号：US18456429
申请日：2023-08-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Joonhoi Hur , Andreas Menkhoff , Bernhard Sogl , Jochen Schrattenecker , Rastislav Vazny
Abstract: An electronic device may include a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) sensor disposed along a radio-frequency transmission line between a signal generator and an antenna. The VSWR sensor may gather VSWR measurements from radio-frequency signals transmitted by the signal generator over the transmission line. Control circuitry may identify a variation in the VSWR measurements over time and may compare the variation to a threshold value to determine whether an external object in the vicinity of the antenna is animate or inanimate. The control circuitry may reduce the maximum transmit power level of the antenna when the external object is animate and may maintain or increase the maximum transmit power level when the external object is inanimate. This may serve to maximize the wireless performance of the electronic device while also ensuring that the device complies with regulatory limits on radio-frequency energy exposure.
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公开(公告)号：US20230327929A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-12
申请号：US18167017
申请日：2023-02-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jochen Schrattenecker , Michael Hofstadler , Andreas Springer , Reinhard Feger , Andreas Stelzer , Harald Pretl , Bernhard Sogl , Andreas Menkhoff
IPC: H04L27/26 , G01S17/66 , G01S7/4865
CPC classification number: H04L27/2605 , G01S7/4865 , G01S17/66
Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry that conveys data with a base station according to a communication standard and that detects range to an external object using a first antenna that transmits a waveform compliant with the standard. The waveform may be a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) waveform, a transmit data waveform, or another waveform. A second antenna may receive a reflected signal that includes the transmitted waveform. The communications circuitry may perform element-wise division on symbols of a selected subcarrier in the reflected signal using corresponding phases and magnitudes of a set of complex OFDM symbols used to generate the transmitted waveform. Peak detection may be performed to detect the range. Using standard-compliant transmit waveforms to also perform spatial ranging may allow the communications circuitry to avoid dedicated radar circuitry while also minimizing impact to the transfer of the data.
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公开(公告)号：US11782151B2
公开(公告)日：2023-10-10
申请号：US17332221
申请日：2021-05-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Joonhoi Hur , Andreas Menkhoff , Bernhard Sogl , Jochen Schrattenecker , Rastislav Vazny
Abstract: An electronic device may include a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) sensor disposed along a radio-frequency transmission line between a signal generator and an antenna. The VSWR sensor may gather VSWR measurements from radio-frequency signals transmitted by the signal generator over the transmission line. Control circuitry may identify a variation in the VSWR measurements over time and may compare the variation to a threshold value to determine whether an external object in the vicinity of the antenna is animate or inanimate. The control circuitry may reduce the maximum transmit power level of the antenna when the external object is animate and may maintain or increase the maximum transmit power level when the external object is inanimate. This may serve to maximize the wireless performance of the electronic device while also ensuring that the device complies with regulatory limits on radio-frequency energy exposure.
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公开(公告)号：US20250052893A1
公开(公告)日：2025-02-13
申请号：US18799997
申请日：2024-08-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jochen Schrattenecker , Michael Hofstadler , Reinhard Feger , Andreas Springer , Andreas Stelzer
Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for joint communication and sensing (JCAS) applications with user equipment (UE) including collision alert detection, user vital signs detection, active autofocus in low-light conditions for camera applications and infrared spectroscopy to detect and identify components of a sample of material. Also disclosed is the use of an apodization range-velocity map to improve detection of targets.
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公开(公告)号：US20240088924A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-14
申请号：US17941905
申请日：2022-09-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Stephan Henzler , Nicholas Preyss , Jochen Schrattenecker , Andreas Langer , Alexander Klinkan , Christoph Hepp , Christoph Angerer
CPC classification number: H04B1/0458 , H04L5/0048 , H04W56/005 , H04B2001/0408
Abstract: Wireless circuitry can include a processor that generates a baseband signal, an upconversion circuit that upconverts the baseband signals to a radio-frequency signal, and an amplifier that amplifies the radio-frequency signal. A tunable delay circuit can be used to selectively delay generation of the radio-frequency signal or to delay generation of another signal intended for the radio-frequency amplifier. The tunable delay circuit can be controlled using a closed-loop delay adaptation scheme. A feedback receiver that is coupled to an output of the amplifier can be used to generate a demodulated signal. A delay error measurement circuit can be used to receive the demodulated signal, to detect a peak by monitoring when an envelope of the demodulated signal crosses a threshold level, to compute an amount of asymmetry in the detected peak, and to output a signal that is used to control the tunable delay circuit.
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公开(公告)号：US20230296751A1
公开(公告)日：2023-09-21
申请号：US18068990
申请日：2022-12-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mark G. Forbes , Ran Forte , Michael Delishansky , Michael Kerner , Bernhard Sogl , Jochen Schrattenecker
Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a transmit antenna and a receive antenna. Signal bursts may be transmitted by the transmit antenna. A phase shifter may be toggled between a first state that applies a first phase shift and a second state that applies a second phase shift to the signal bursts. The second phase shift may be approximately 180 degrees out-of-phase with the first phase shift. A receive path may receive first reflected signals while the phase shifter is in the first state and second reflected signals while in the second state. The first and second reflected signals may be used to cancel the effects of on-chip leakage or DC offset to recover a signal-of-interest associated with reflection of the signal bursts off an external object. The signal-of-interest may be used to detect a range to the external object.
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公开(公告)号：US20230075465A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-09
申请号：US17468482
申请日：2021-09-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Andreas Menkhoff , Andreas Boehme , Bernhard Sogl , Jochen Schrattenecker , Joonhoi Hur
Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include a quadratic phase generator for outputting a perfectly interpolated constant amplitude zero autocorrelation (CAZAC) sequence for a transmit path. The quadratic phase generator may include a numerically controlled oscillator, a switch controlled based on a value output from the numerically controlled oscillator, a first integrator stage, and a second integrator stage connected in series with the first integrator stage. The numerically controlled oscillator may receive as inputs a chirp count and a word length. The switch may be configured to switchably feed one of two input values that are a function of the chirp count and the word length to the first integrator stage. The quadratic phase generator may output full-bandwidth chirps or reduced-bandwidth chirps. Bandwidth reduction can be achieved by scaling the two input values of the switches.
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