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公开(公告)号：US20240039594A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-01
申请号：US18378095
申请日：2023-10-09
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor： Alireza Mehrnia , Masoud Kahrizi , Ka Shun Carson Pun , Omid Nasiby , Alex Ahmad Mirzaei
IPC: H04B7/06 , H04W72/044 , H04B7/08
CPC classification number: H04B7/0617 , H04W72/046 , H04B7/0837
Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more electrical components. The one or more electrical components are configured to encode each data beam of a first plurality of data beams of a first channel to generate an encoded first plurality of data beams. The one or more electrical components are configured to encode each data beam of a second plurality of data beams of a second channel to generate an encoded second plurality of data beams. The one or more electrical components are configured to generate a combined channel comprising an aggregation of at least a portion of the encoded first plurality of data beams and at least a portion of the encoded second plurality of data beams.
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公开(公告)号：US12183988B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-31
申请号：US18505622
申请日：2023-11-09
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor： Masoud Kahrizi , Alex Ahmad Mirzaei , Ali Sajjadi , Bagher Afshar , Babak Vakili-Amini , Alireza Mehrnia , Behzad Nourani , Bernd Pregardier
Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first digital beamformer (DBF) associated with a first subset of antennas of a phased array antenna, the first DBF including a transmit section associated with transmission of a first signal at a first frequency in a transmit mode and a receive section associated with receiving of a second signal at a second frequency in a receive mode, the second frequency being different from the first frequency. The apparatus includes a second DBF associated with a second subset of antennas of the phased array antenna. The first and second DBFs are configured to receive a local oscillator signal having the first frequency from a common local oscillator in the transmit mode and receive the local oscillator signal having the second frequency from the common local oscillator in the receive mode.
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公开(公告)号：US20240039568A1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-01
申请号：US18483988
申请日：2023-10-10
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor： Alireza Mehrnia , Masoud Kahrizi , Alex Ahmad Mirzaei , Bagher Afshar , Ali Sajjadi , Bernd Pregardier , Ka Shun Carson Pun , Omid Nasiby , Igor Elgorriaga
CPC classification number: H04B1/16 , H04L7/0033 , H04B7/08
Abstract: In an embodiment, a receiver included in a communications system is configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal from a phased array antenna, the RF signal comprising at least a portion of a plurality of data beams included in a single channel, generate a plurality of channel signals based on the RF signal. Generating the plurality of channel signals includes separating the RF signal into a plurality of channels in which each channel of the plurality of channels includes at least a portion of a respective subset of the plurality of data beams. The receiver is further configured to decode each data beam of the plurality of channel signals with a respective phase and a respective time delay. The receiver is further configured to output the plurality of data beams of the plurality of channels.
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公开(公告)号：US11483021B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-25
申请号：US17193633
申请日：2021-03-05
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor： Alireza Mehrnia , Masoud Kahrizi , Alex Ahmad Mirzaei , Bagher Afshar , Ali Sajjadi , Bernd Pregardier , Ka Shun Carson Pun , Omid Nasiby , Igor Elgorriaga
Abstract: In an embodiment, a receiver included in a communications system includes a channel extractor configured to segregate a received signal into a plurality of channel signals, wherein the plurality of channel signals includes a plurality of data signals; and a plurality of decoders electrically coupled to the channel extractor and configured to decode each of the plurality of channel signals into a respective plurality of decoded data beam portions.
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公开(公告)号：US20210184741A1
公开(公告)日：2021-06-17
申请号：US17187607
申请日：2021-02-26
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor： Alireza Mehrnia , Masoud Kahrizi , Ka Shun Carson Pun , Omid Nasiby , Alex Ahmad Mirzaei
Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first plurality of digital beamformers associated with a first channel, the first plurality of digital beamformers configured to encode each data beam of a first plurality of data beams of the first channel to generate an encoded first plurality of data beams; a second plurality of digital beamformers associated with a second channel different from the first channel, the second plurality of digital beamformers configured to encode each data beam of a second plurality of data beams of the second channel to generate an encoded second plurality of data beams; and a channel combiner, electrically coupled to the first and second plurality of digital beamformers, and configured to generate a combined channel comprising an aggregation of at least a portion of the encoded first plurality of data beams and at least a portion of the encoded second plurality of data beams.
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公开(公告)号：US10944442B1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-09
申请号：US16865402
申请日：2020-05-03
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor： Alireza Mehrnia , Masoud Kahrizi , Alex Ahmad Mirzaei , Bagher Afshar , Ali Sajjadi , Bernd Pregardier , Ka Shun Carson Pun , Omid Nasiby , Igor Elgorriaga
Abstract: In an embodiment, a receiver included in a communications system includes a channel extractor configured to segregate a received signal into a plurality of channel signals, wherein the plurality of channel signals includes a plurality of data signals; a plurality of phase shifters electrically coupled to the channel extractor and configured to decode each data signal of the plurality of data signals with a respective phase; and a plurality of time delay filters electrically coupled to the plurality of phase shifters and configured to decode each data signal of the plurality of data signals with a respective time delay, wherein the plurality of time delay filters outputs each subset of the plurality of data signals in a respective channel of the plurality of channels.
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公开(公告)号：US10938465B1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-02
申请号：US16865400
申请日：2020-05-03
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor： Alireza Mehrnia , Masoud Kahrizi , Ka Shun Carson Pun , Omid Nasiby , Alex Ahmad Mirzaei
Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first plurality of digital beamformers associated with a first channel; a second plurality of digital beamformers associated with a second channel different from the first channel; a channel combiner, electrically coupled to the first and second plurality of digital beamformers, and configured to generate a combined channel comprising an aggregation of the encoded first plurality of data beams and the encoded second plurality of data beams, wherein the combined channel has a bandwidth that is a function of a bandwidth of one or both of the first or second channel; and a radio frequency (RF) transmission section, electrically coupled to the channel combiner, and configured to generate an output signal to be provided to a transmitting antenna based on the combined channel, wherein the RF transmission section includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and a mixer.
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公开(公告)号：US20240079774A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-07
申请号：US18505622
申请日：2023-11-09
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor： Masoud Kahrizi , Alex Ahmad Mirzaei , Ali Sajjadi , Bagher Afshar , Babak Vakili-Amini , Alireza Mehrnia , Behzad Nourani , Bernd Pregardier
CPC classification number: H01Q3/36 , H01Q3/267 , H04B3/52 , H04B3/54 , H04B7/0617
Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first digital beamformer (DBF) associated with a first subset of antennas of a phased array antenna, the first DBF including a transmit section associated with transmission of a first signal at a first frequency in a transmit mode and a receive section associated with receiving of a second signal at a second frequency in a receive mode, the second frequency being different from the first frequency. The apparatus includes a second DBF associated with a second subset of antennas of the phased array antenna. The first and second DBFs are configured to receive a local oscillator signal having the first frequency from a common local oscillator in the transmit mode and receive the local oscillator signal having the second frequency from the common local oscillator in the receive mode.
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公开(公告)号：US11855362B2
公开(公告)日：2023-12-26
申请号：US16865401
申请日：2020-05-03
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor： Masoud Kahrizi , Alex Ahmad Mirzaei , Ali Sajjadi , Bagher Afshar , Babak Vakili-Amini , Alireza Mehrnia , Behzad Nourani , Bernd Pregardier
CPC classification number: H01Q3/36 , H01Q3/267 , H04B3/52 , H04B3/54 , H04B7/0617
Abstract: In an embodiment, a device is included in a communications system, the device including a plurality of antenna elements configured in a phased array antenna; a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips, wherein each IC chip of the plurality of IC chips is associated with a respective subset of antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements, and wherein, for each IC chip of the plurality of IC chips, the associated subset of antenna elements is used for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals by the IC chip; and a local oscillator configured to generate a common local oscillator signal and provide the common local oscillator signal to each IC chip of the plurality of IC chips.
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公开(公告)号：US11817894B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-14
申请号：US17944041
申请日：2022-09-13
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor： Alireza Mehrnia , Masoud Kahrizi , Alex Ahmad Mirzaei , Bagher Afshar , Ali Sajjadi , Bernd Pregardier , Ka Shun Carson Pun , Omid Nasiby , Igor Elgorriaga
CPC classification number: H04B1/16 , H04B7/08 , H04L7/0033
Abstract: In an embodiment, a receiver included in a communications system includes a channel extractor configured to segregate a received signal into a plurality of channel signals, wherein the plurality of channel signals includes a plurality of data signals; and a plurality of decoders electrically coupled to the channel extractor and configured to decode each of the plurality of channel signals into a respective plurality of decoded data beam portions.
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