公开(公告)号：US20230091253A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17481559

申请日：2021-09-22

Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Inventor： Chuan WANG ,  Li LIU ,  Bhushan Shanti ASURI ,  Gurkanwal Singh SAHOTA ,  Abdellatif BELLAOUAR ,  Vinod PANIKKATH

IPC: H03F1/02 ,  H03F3/24 ,  H03F3/21 ,  H04B1/405

Abstract: A transceiver interface for a phased array element includes a first magnetic circuit having a primary coil and a secondary coil, a second magnetic circuit having a primary coil, a secondary coil and a tertiary coil, a main amplifier path and an auxiliary amplifier path, the main amplifier path coupled to the primary coil of the second magnetic circuit and configured to receive a quadrature signal, the main amplifier path configured to provide a quadrature output signal, the auxiliary amplifier path coupled to the primary coil of the first magnetic circuit and configured to receive an in-phase signal, the auxiliary amplifier path configured to provide an in-phase output signal, a selectable output circuit configured to selectively combine the in-phase output signal and the quadrature output signal, and a low noise amplifier (LNA) coupled to the tertiary coil of the second magnetic circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20230051839A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-16

申请号：US17400991

申请日：2021-08-12

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Gurkanwal Singh SAHOTA ,  Aleksandar Miodrag TASIC

IPC: H03H11/08 ,  H03K19/20

Abstract: An aspect relates to a filter or a first gyrator including a first set of cascaded inverters, and a first set of one or more passive devices coupled to the first set of cascaded inverters. Another aspect relates to a method including applying an input signal to an input of a first one of a set of cascaded inverters coupled to a set of one or more passive devices, and receiving an output signal from the set of cascaded inverters, the output signal being a filtered version of the input signal. Still another aspect relates to a transceiver including a filter with a first set of cascaded inverters, and a first set of one or more passive devices coupled to the first set of cascaded inverters; and a mixer coupled to the filter.

公开(公告)号：US20220416804A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17359918

申请日：2021-06-28

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Shahin MEHDIZAD TALEIE ,  Dongwon SEO ,  Ashok SWAMINATHAN ,  Gurkanwal Singh SAHOTA ,  Andrew WEIL ,  Haibo FEI

IPC: H03M1/74 ,  H03M1/50 ,  H03M1/78 ,  H03M1/46

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) system. The DAC system generally includes a plurality of current steering cells, each comprising a current source coupled to at least two current steering switches, wherein control inputs of the at least two current steering switches are coupled to an input path of the DAC system. The DAC system may also include a current source toggle circuit configured to selectively disable the current source of at least one of the plurality of current steering cells, and a feedforward path coupled between the input path and at least one control input of the current source toggle circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20250030442A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18353201

申请日：2023-07-17

Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Inventor： Abdellatif BELLAOUAR ,  Kevin Hsi-Huai WANG ,  Gurkanwal Singh SAHOTA ,  Rajagopalan RANGARAJAN

IPC: H04B1/00 ,  H03F3/24 ,  H04B1/40

Abstract: A variable low intermediate frequency (VLIF), millimeter wave (mmW) communication system including a millimeter-wave (mmW) integrated circuit (mmw-IC) having a receive section having a receive radio frequency (RF) conversion stage and a receive variable intermediate frequency (IF) conversion stage, the receive RF conversion stage configured to convert a receive communication signal between RF and a first receive IF; the receive variable IF conversion stage configured to convert the first receive IF signal to a first variable low IF signal, and a transmit section having a transmit variable IF conversion stage and a transmit RF conversion stage, the transmit variable IF conversion stage configured to convert a second variable low IF signal to a second IF signal, the transmit RF conversion stage configured to convert the second IF signal to an RF signal for transmission.

公开(公告)号：US20240396205A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-28

申请号：US18321879

申请日：2023-05-23

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Jorge FABREGA SANCHEZ ,  Chinmaya MISHRA ,  Darryl Sheldon JESSIE ,  Bhushan Shanti ASURI ,  Allen Minh-Triet TRAN ,  Mohammad Ali TASSOUDJI ,  Jeongil Jay KIM ,  Gurkanwal Singh SAHOTA ,  Kevin Hsi-Huai WANG

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q5/307 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q21/08

Abstract: A method of transducing signals includes: transducing first signals, of frequencies above at least 24 GHz, between first wireless signals and first guided signals, using a plurality of first antenna elements comprising at least one first substrate and at least one ground conductor; and transducing second signals, of frequencies within at least a portion of a frequency range between 8 GHz and 24 GHz, between second wireless signals and second guided signals, using at least one second antenna element each comprising a transducer disposed on a second substrate that at least partially overlaps an active component set and the at least one first substrate, or disposed on at least one of the at least one first substrate, the active component set being configured to provide signals for wireless transmission, or configured to process wirelessly-received signals, or a combination thereof.

公开(公告)号：US20240322794A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18188981

申请日：2023-03-23

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Gurkanwal Singh SAHOTA

IPC: H03H11/02 ,  H03F3/45

CPC classification number: H03H11/02 ,  H03F3/45479 ,  H03K5/1252 ,  H04B1/0475

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for current-mode analog signal filtering. An example filter circuit generally includes a current-mode amplifier. The current-mode amplifier includes a first amplifier including an input and an output; a first inverter including an input coupled to the output of the first amplifier and including an output coupled to a first feedback path, the first feedback path being coupled to a first input of the filter circuit; and a second inverter including an input coupled to the output of the first amplifier.

公开(公告)号：US20240222872A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-04

申请号：US18604590

申请日：2024-03-14

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Chuan WANG ,  Li LIU ,  Bhushan Shanti ASURI ,  Kevin Hsi-Huai WANG ,  Gurkanwal Singh SAHOTA

IPC: H01Q9/04 ,  H01L23/66 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/50 ,  H01Q5/50 ,  H01Q21/28 ,  H01Q23/00

CPC classification number: H01Q9/0442 ,  H01L23/66 ,  H01Q1/2283 ,  H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q1/50 ,  H01Q5/50 ,  H01Q21/28 ,  H01Q23/00 ,  H01L2223/6677

Abstract: Designs and techniques for manufacturing microelectronic antenna tuners are provided. An example microelectronic antenna system includes a radio frequency integrated circuit comprising a plurality of radio frequency signal ports disposed in a first area, a plurality of tuning devices disposed in a second area of the radio frequency integrated circuit, at least one antenna element disposed on a substrate coupled to the radio frequency integrated circuit, and at least one feedline disposed in the substrate and configured to communicatively couple the at least one antenna element, at least one of the plurality of tuning devices, and one of the plurality of radio frequency signal ports.

公开(公告)号：US20240214037A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18069899

申请日：2022-12-21

Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Inventor： Yunfei FENG ,  Li LIU ,  Gurkanwal Singh SAHOTA

IPC: H04B7/0426

CPC classification number: H04B7/0426

Abstract: A receive system for performing carrier aggregation (CA) and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) operation at millimeter wave (mmW) frequencies includes a phased array having a plurality of groupings, each grouping having a pair of sub array structures, each sub array structure having a mixer and a plurality of phased array elements, each phased array element associated with an antenna element, each phased array element having an amplifier (LNA) and a phase shift circuitry, and an amplifier array associated with each grouping, the amplifier array having two pairs of amplifiers, wherein a first amplifier of each pair is coupled to a first port and a second amplifier of each pair is coupled to a second port, the amplifier array configured to selectively route an output from any of the sub array structures of a grouping to either of the first and second ports.

公开(公告)号：US20160380681A1

公开(公告)日：2016-12-29

申请号：US14751018

申请日：2015-06-25

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Gurkanwal Singh SAHOTA

IPC: H04B7/04 ,  H04B7/12

CPC classification number: H04B7/0413 ,  H04B1/44 ,  H04B7/12 ,  H04L5/001

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for processing signals using separate frequency-shifted antennas in a radio frequency front-end (RFFE) of a wireless communication device. One example apparatus includes a transceiver; a first antenna configured to support communications in a first frequency range; a second antenna configured to support communications in a second frequency range different than the first frequency range, wherein the second frequency range partially overlaps the first frequency range; a first circuit block coupled to the transceiver and configured to process one or more first signals for transmission over a first bandwidth via the first antenna; and a second circuit block coupled to the transceiver and configured to process one or more second signals for reception over a second bandwidth via the second antenna, wherein the second bandwidth at least partially overlaps the first bandwidth.

Abstract translation: 本公开的某些方面提供了在无线通信设备的射频前端（RFFE）中使用单独的频移天线来处理信号的方法和装置。 一个示例性设备包括收发器; 配置为支持第一频率范围内的通信的第一天线; 第二天线，被配置为支持在与所述第一频率范围不同的第二频率范围内的通信，其中所述第二频率范围部分地与所述第一频率范围重叠; 耦合到所述收发器并被配置为处理一个或多个第一信号以经由所述第一天线在第一带宽上传输的第一电路块; 以及第二电路块，其耦合到所述收发器并且被配置为处理一个或多个第二信号以经由所述第二天线在第二带宽上接收，其中所述第二带宽至少部分地与所述第一带宽重叠。