DISTRIBUTED RADIOHEAD SYSTEM
    21.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220210731A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17469955

    申请日:2021-09-09

    Abstract: Various aspects provide a radiohead circuit and a communication device including the radiohead circuit. In an example, the radiohead circuit includes an antenna interface, a radio frequency front end configured to receive a wireless communication signal via the antenna interface, and a processor configured to perform an initial signal detection to detect if a wireless communication signal has been received based on whether a signal the processor received from the radio frequency front end fulfill a predefined radiohead circuit detection criterion, generate an initial signal detection information comprising an information as to whether the wireless communication signal has been received based on the initial signal detection; and provide the initial signal detection information to a communication interface for a final signal detection; the communication interface configured to couple the processor to a radiohead circuit-external processor external to the radiohead circuit.

    Methods and devices generating a calibration signal for an IQ imbalance

    公开(公告)号:US11088891B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-10

    申请号:US16830332

    申请日:2020-03-26

    Abstract: A communication circuitry device for correcting a phase imbalance, the communication circuitry device comprising one or more processors configured to estimate a non-linear component of a reference signal based on a measurement of a tone at a first harmonic of a plurality of harmonics of the reference signal, estimate an in-phase component of the reference signal based on subtracting the non-linear component from a measurement of a tone at a second harmonic of the plurality of harmonics of the reference signal, and generate a calibration signal based on the estimation of the in-phase component.

    Apparatuses for generating an oscillation signal

    公开(公告)号:US11283456B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-22

    申请号:US17059480

    申请日:2019-08-05

    Abstract: An apparatus for generating an oscillation signal is provided. The apparatus includes a first oscillator configured to generate a first reference oscillation signal, and a second oscillator configured to generate a second reference oscillation signal. A frequency accuracy of the first oscillator is higher than a frequency accuracy of the second oscillator. Further, an oscillator phase noise of the second oscillator is lower than an oscillator phase noise of the first oscillator. The apparatus further includes a processing circuit configured to generate a third reference oscillation signal based on the first reference oscillation signal and the second reference oscillation signal. Additionally, the apparatus includes a phase-locked loop configured to generate the oscillation signal based on the third reference oscillation signal. A frequency of the oscillation signal is a multiple of a frequency of the third reference oscillation signal.

    Digital radio head control
    26.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11121731B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16550574

    申请日:2019-08-26

    Abstract: Techniques are described related to digital radio control and operation. The various techniques described herein enable high-frequency local oscillator (LO) signal generation using injection locked cock multipliers (ILCMs). The techniques also include the use of LO signals for carrier aggregation applications for phased array front ends. Furthermore, the disclosed techniques include the use of array element-level control using per-chain DC-DC converters. Still further, the disclosed techniques include the use of adaptive spatial filtering and optimal combining of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) to maximize dynamic range in digital beamforming systems.

    Transceiver with inseparable modulator demodulator circuits

    公开(公告)号:US11095427B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-17

    申请号:US17033059

    申请日:2020-09-25

    Abstract: A transceiver, including a modulation circuit configured to modulate a first digital word into a first modulated time signal; and a demodulation circuit configured to demodulate a second modulated time signal into a second digital word, wherein the modulation and demodulation circuits are operable without an external clock source, and inseparably share one or more same circuit elements. Also, a tunable delay line may be configured to set a time rate of the modulation, wherein the modulation circuit and the demodulation circuit inseparably share the tunable delay line.

    DTC based carrier shift—online calibration

    公开(公告)号:US10788794B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-29

    申请号:US16564538

    申请日:2019-09-09

    Abstract: A digital to time converter (DTC) system is disclosed. The DTC system comprises a DTC circuit configured to generate a DTC output clock signal at a DTC output frequency, based on a DTC code. In some embodiments, the DTC system further comprises a calibration circuit comprising a period error determination circuit configured to determine a plurality of period errors respectively associated with a plurality consecutive edges of the DTC output clock signal. In some embodiments, each period error of the plurality of period errors comprises a difference in a measured time period between two consecutive edges of the DTC output clock signal from a predefined time period. In some embodiments, the calibration circuit further comprises an integral non-linearity (INL) correction circuit configured to determine a correction to be applied to the DTC code based on a subset of the determined period errors.

    Divider-less fractional PLL architecture

    公开(公告)号:US10659061B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-19

    申请号:US16472835

    申请日:2016-12-27

    Abstract: A divider-less fractional digital phase locked loop (PLL) is disclosed and can include a time-to-digital converter (TDC) to receive a reference clock signal and a digitally control oscillator (DCO) clock signal, and generate a phase difference signal based on the reference clock signal and the DCO clock signal. A counter coupled in parallel to the TDC can receive the clock signal and count an output frequency of the clock signal to detect reference noise within the reference signal that is above a threshold. A sampler can sample an output of the counter using a replica of the reference signal, and generate a plurality of samples. A sample selector can select one of the plurality of samples based on the phase difference signal. A digital phase detector (DPD) can generate an output phase measurement based on the phase difference signal and the selected sample of the plurality of samples.

    DTC BASED CARRIER SHIFT - ONLINE CALIBRATION
    30.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200004207A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-02

    申请号:US16564538

    申请日:2019-09-09

    Abstract: A digital to time converter (DTC) system is disclosed. The DTC system comprises a DTC circuit configured to generate a DTC output clock signal at a DTC output frequency, based on a DTC code. In some embodiments, the DTC system further comprises a calibration circuit comprising a period error determination circuit configured to determine a plurality of period errors respectively associated with a plurality consecutive edges of the DTC output clock signal. In some embodiments, each period error of the plurality of period errors comprises a difference in a measured time period between two consecutive edges of the DTC output clock signal from a predefined time period. In some embodiments, the calibration circuit further comprises an integral non-linearity (INL) correction circuit configured to determine a correction to be applied to the DTC code based on a subset of the determined period errors.

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