Processing signals by couplers embedded in an integrated circuit package
    61.
    发明授权
    Processing signals by couplers embedded in an integrated circuit package 有权
    通过嵌入在集成电路封装中的耦合器处理信号

    公开(公告)号:US08854154B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-07

    申请号:US13553520

    申请日:2012-07-19

    IPC分类号: H01P5/12 H01P5/18 H01P3/08

    摘要: Methods and systems for processing signals via directional couplers embedded in a package are disclosed and may include generating via a directional coupler, one or more output RF signals that may be proportional to a received RF signal. The directional coupler may be integrated in a multi-layer package. The generated RE signal may be processed by an integrated circuit electrically coupled to the multi-layer package. The directional coupler may include quarter wavelength transmission lines, which may include microstrip or coplanar structures. The directional coupler may be electrically coupled to one or more variable capacitances in the integrated circuit. The variable capacitance may include CMOS devices in the integrated circuit. The directional coupler may include discrete devices, which may be surface mount devices coupled to the multi-layer package or may be devices integrated in the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may be flip-chip bonded to the multi-layer package.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于通过嵌入在封装中的定向耦合器处理信号的方法和系统,并且可以包括经由定向耦合器产生可以与接收的RF信号成比例的一个或多个输出RF信号。 定向耦合器可以集成在多层封装中。 生成的RE信号可以由电耦合到多层封装的集成电路来处理。 定向耦合器可以包括四分之一波长传输线,其可以包括微带或共面结构。 定向耦合器可以电耦合到集成电路中的一个或多个可变电容。 可变电容可以包括集成电路中的CMOS器件。 定向耦合器可以包括分立器件,其可以是耦合到多层封装的表面贴装器件,或者可以是集成在集成电路中的器件。 集成电路可以倒装芯片结合到多层封装。

    Method and system for power management in a beamforming system
    62.
    发明授权
    Method and system for power management in a beamforming system 有权
    波束成形系统中功率管理的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08755849B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-17

    申请号:US12116296

    申请日:2008-05-07

    IPC分类号: H04B7/06

    CPC分类号: H04W52/42

    摘要: Aspects of a method and system for on-demand signal notching in a receiver. In this regard, power consumption in a wireless device may be managed by configuring one or more transmitters and/or receivers in the wireless device based on a directivity of a received signal and/or signal strength of a received signal. At least a portion of the transmitters and/or receivers may be disabled and/or enabled based on strength of undesired in-band components of the received signal, undesired out-of-band components of the received signal, signal to noise ratio of a desired component of the received signal, a user selected power mode, and/or a direction from said wireless device to a communication partner. A splitter and/or combiner of the wireless device may be configured based on which portion of the transmitters and/or receivers are enabled. A scaling factor and/or a phase shift of the splitter and/or combiner may be configured.

    摘要翻译: 在接收机中按需信号切口的方法和系统的方面。 在这方面,可以通过基于接收信号的方向性和/或接收信号的信号强度来配置无线设备中的一个或多个发射机和/或接收机来管理无线设备中的功率消耗。 发射机和/或接收机的至少一部分可以基于接收信号的不期望的带内分量的强度被禁用和/或启用,接收信号的不期望的带外分量,信噪比 接收信号的所需分量,用户选择的功率模式和/或从所述无线设备到通信伙伴的方向。 无线设备的分离器和/或组合器可以基于发射机和/或接收机的哪个部分被使能来配置。 可以配置分路器和/或组合器的缩放因子和/或相移。

    Method and system for communicating information in a multi-antenna system
    63.
    发明授权
    Method and system for communicating information in a multi-antenna system 有权
    用于在多天线系统中传送信息的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08660104B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-25

    申请号:US11536672

    申请日:2006-09-29

    CPC分类号: H04B7/086 H04B7/0802

    摘要: Certain aspects of a method and system for communicating information in a multi-antenna system are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include receiving at least one narrowband RF signal via at least one of a plurality of receiving antennas that is unused within a wideband diversity radio frequency (RF) receiver comprising a plurality of receiving antennas, when the wideband diversity RF receiver is operating in a narrowband receiving mode.

    摘要翻译: 公开了在多天线系统中传送信息的方法和系统的某些方面。 一种方法的方面可以包括:当宽带分集RF接收机是宽带分集RF接收机是在包括多个接收天线的宽带分集射频(RF)接收机中时,经由未使用的多个接收天线中的至少一个接收至少一个窄带RF信号 工作在窄带接收模式。

    Method and system for using a microstrip to switch circuits in CMOS applications
    64.
    发明授权
    Method and system for using a microstrip to switch circuits in CMOS applications 有权
    在CMOS应用中使用微带线切换电路的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08649753B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-11

    申请号:US11864771

    申请日:2007-09-28

    摘要: Aspects of a method and system for using a microstrip to switch circuits in CMOS applications may include generating a second signal from a first signal by frequency-translating the first signal by switching a first current associated with the first signal between a first signal path and a second signal path. The switched first current may be filtered via a microstrip filter that may be tuned to a desired frequency component of the frequency-translated first signal, and the second signal may be generated from the difference between the voltage of the first signal path and the second signal path.

    摘要翻译: 用于在CMOS应用中使用微带线切换电路的方法和系统的方面可包括通过在第一信号路径和第一信号路径之间切换与第一信号相关联的第一电流来对第一信号进行频率转换来产生来自第一信号的第二信号 第二信号路径。 可以经由微带滤波器对切换的第一电流进行滤波,该微带滤波器可被调谐到频率转换的第一信号的期望频率分量,并且第二信号可以从第一信号路径的电压和第二信号之间的差产生 路径。

    Receiver with on-demand linearity
    65.
    发明授权
    Receiver with on-demand linearity 有权
    接收器具有按需线性度

    公开(公告)号:US08594601B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-26

    申请号:US13416936

    申请日:2012-03-09

    IPC分类号: H04B1/06 H04B7/00

    摘要: Aspects of a method and system for on-demand linearity in a receiver are provided. In this regard, in a receiver such as on-chip receiver, a strength of a signal received by one or more antennas may be measured and linearity of the receiver may be controlled in response to the measured signal strength. The linearity may be controlled based on signal strength of in-band and/or out-of-band signals and by configuring component(s) of the receiver. Exemplary components may comprise one or more filter, amplifier, mixer, analog-to-digital converter, feedback loop, and equalizer and/or post corrector. Linearity may be increased, by switching one or more feedback loops and/or an equalizers and/or post correctors into a signal path of the receiver. Power consumption may be decreased, at the expense of reduced linearity, by switching one or more feedback loops and/or an equalizers and/or post correctors out of a signal path of the receiver.

    摘要翻译: 提供接收机中按需线性度的方法和系统的方面。 在这方面,在诸如片上接收机的接收机中,可以测量由一个或多个天线接收的信号的强度,并且可以响应于测量的信号强度来控制接收机的线性度。 可以基于带内和/或带外信号的信号强度以及配置接收器的组件来控制线性度。 示例性组件可以包括一个或多个滤波器,放大器,混频器,模数转换器,反馈回路和均衡器和/或后校正器。 可以通过将一个或多个反馈回路和/或均衡器和/或后校正器切换到接收器的信号路径来增加线性度。 通过从接收机的信号路径切换一个或多个反馈回路和/或均衡器和/或后校正器,可以降低线性度,降低功耗。

    Method and system for remote power distribution and networking for passive devices
    66.
    发明授权
    Method and system for remote power distribution and networking for passive devices 有权
    用于远程配电和无源器件组网的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08588686B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-19

    申请号:US12797112

    申请日:2010-06-09

    IPC分类号: H04B7/00

    摘要: A Method and system for remote power distribution and networking for passive devices is provided. In this regard, a sensor comprising a leaky wave antenna may be powered utilizing energy from a radio frequency signal received via the leaky wave antenna. The sensor may be operable to recover a baseband signal from the received radio frequency signal. The sensor may be operable to generate one or more sensor readings in response to the received baseband signal. The sensor may be operable to communicate the sensor reading to a source of the received radio frequency signal via a backscattered signal. The backscattered signal may be generated by controlling spacing between surfaces of the leaky wave antenna. The backscattered signal may be generated by switching a load in and out of a receive path of the sensor and/or by switching between a plurality of feed points of the leaky wave antenna.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于远程配电和无源器件组网的方法和系统。 在这方面,包括泄漏波天线的传感器可以利用经由泄漏波天线接收的射频信号的能量来供电。 该传感器可操作以从接收到的射频信号中恢复基带信号。 传感器可操作以响应于接收到的基带信号而产生一个或多个传感器读数。 传感器可操作以经由后向散射信号将传感器读数传送到所接收的射频信号的源。 可以通过控制泄漏波天线的表面之间的间隔来产生反向散射信号。 反向散射信号可以通过切换传感器的接收路径中的负载和/或通过在漏波天线的多个馈送点之间切换来产生。

    Method and system for inter-PCB communication utilizing a spatial multi-link repeater
    67.
    发明授权
    Method and system for inter-PCB communication utilizing a spatial multi-link repeater 有权
    利用空间多链路中继器进行PCB间通信的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08588279B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-19

    申请号:US13564634

    申请日:2012-08-01

    IPC分类号: H04B3/36

    摘要: Aspects of a method and system for inter-PCB communication utilizing a spatial multi-link repeater are provided. In this regard, a signal may be transmitted between printed circuit boards via one or more repeaters, wherein the repeaters may frequency shift received signals to generate repeated signals. Each of the repeated signals may be generated by quadrature down-converting said received signal by mixing the received signal with a first LO signal pair, up-converting the down-converted signal by mixing it with a second LO signal pair, and adding or subtracting an in-phase portion and a quadrature-phase portion of the up-converted signal. Each repeated signal may comprise one or more signal components and a phase and/or amplitude of each of the components may be controlled to control a directivity of the repeated signals. The repeater may reside on one of the plurality of printed circuit boards.

    摘要翻译: 提供了利用空间多链路中继器的用于PCB间通信的方法和系统的方面。 在这方面,可以经由一个或多个中继器在印刷电路板之间传输信号,其中中继器可以频率移位接收的信号以产生重复的信号。 可以通过将接收信号与第一LO信号对混合来对所接收的信号进行正交降频转换来产生每个重复信号,通过将下变频信号与第二LO信号对进行混合,将下变频信号进行上变频,以及加法或减法 上变频信号的同相部分和正交相位部分。 每个重复信号可以包括一个或多个信号分量,并且可以控制每个分量的相位和/或幅度以控制重复信号的方向性。 中继器可以驻留在多个印刷电路板中的一个上。

    Method and system for portable data storage with integrated 60 GHz radio
    68.
    发明授权
    Method and system for portable data storage with integrated 60 GHz radio 有权
    集成60 GHz无线电的便携式数据存储方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08583046B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-12

    申请号:US13426548

    申请日:2012-03-21

    IPC分类号: H04B7/00 H04B1/00

    CPC分类号: H04B7/04 H04B7/06 H04B7/08

    摘要: Aspects of a method and system for portable data storage with an integrated 60 GHz radio may include establishing a microwave communication link between a wireless portable storage device and a wireless transmitter and/or wireless receiver. Beamforming parameters of a first antenna array coupled to said wireless portable storage device and a second antenna array coupled to said wireless transmitter and/or wireless receiver may be adjusted automatically and/or dynamically. The wireless portable storage and the wireless transmitter and/or wireless receiver may exchange data via said first antenna array and said second antenna array. A secondary wireless communication link may be established to initialize the establishing of the microwave communication link. The secondary wireless communication link may be established via Bluetooth protocol. The wireless portable storage and the wireless transmitter and/or wireless receiver may receive and transmit in the 60 GHz frequency band.

    摘要翻译: 用于具有集成的60GHz无线电的便携式数据存储的方法和系统的方面可以包括在无线便携式存储设备和无线发射器和/或无线接收器之间建立微波通信链路。 耦合到所述无线便携式存储设备的第一天线阵列的波束形成参数和耦合到所述无线发射机和/或无线接收机的第二天线阵列可以被自动和/或动态地调整。 无线便携式存储器和无线发射器和/或无线接收器可以经由所述第一天线阵列和所述第二天线阵列交换数据。 可以建立辅助无线通信链路来初始化微波通信链路的建立。 辅助无线通信链路可以通过蓝牙协议建立。 无线便携式存储器和无线发射机和/或无线接收机可以在60GHz频带中接收和发射。

    Method and system for minimizing power consumption in a communication system
    69.
    发明授权
    Method and system for minimizing power consumption in a communication system 有权
    用于最小化通信系统中的功耗的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08582497B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-12

    申请号:US13558248

    申请日:2012-07-25

    IPC分类号: H04W4/00

    摘要: Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for minimizing power consumption in a communication system. Exemplary aspects of the invention may comprise configuring a supply voltage of an amplifier to enable communication of data using a first communication protocol during a first timeslot in a TDM frame, reconfiguring the supply voltage of the amplifier to enable communication of data using a different communication protocol, and adjusting the supply voltage of the amplifier in proportion to the envelope of a baseband signal conforming to one of the communication protocols. The first and second communication protocols may conform to various communication protocols, such as WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUDPA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WiMAX, OFDM, UWB, ZigBee, and Bluetooth. The baseband signal may be delayed by a number of samples before being input into the amplifier.

    摘要翻译: 可以在用于最小化通信系统中的功率消耗的方法和系统中找到本发明的某些实施例。 本发明的示例性方面可以包括配置放大器的电源电压以使得能够在TDM帧中的第一时隙期间使用第一通信协议进行数据通信,重新配置放大器的电源电压以使得能够使用不同的通信协议进行数据通信 并且与根据通信协议之一的基带信号的包络成比例地调节放大器的电源电压。 第一和第二通信协议可以符合诸如WCDMA,HSDPA,HSUDPA,GSM,GPRS,EDGE,WiMAX,OFDM,UWB,ZigBee和蓝牙之类的各种通信协议。 在输入到放大器之前,基带信号可以延迟多个样本。

    Method and system for frequency tuning based on characterization of an oscillator
    70.
    发明授权
    Method and system for frequency tuning based on characterization of an oscillator 失效
    基于振荡器特性的频率调谐方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08525599B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-03

    申请号:US12862476

    申请日:2010-08-24

    IPC分类号: H03B5/08

    摘要: Aspects of a method and system for frequency tuning based on characterization of an oscillator are provided. A value of a first control word which controls a variable impedance of an oscillator may be determined. The determined value may be mapped to a corresponding value of a second control word which controls a variable impedance of a tuned circuit. The mapping may be based on a relationship between the variable impedance of the oscillator and the variable impedance of the tuned circuit, such as logical and/or mathematical relationship. The value of the first control word may be determined based on desired frequency of the tuned circuit and/or based on a desired impedance of the variable impedance of the tuned circuit. The tuned circuit may comprise, for example, an oscillator or a filter.

    摘要翻译: 提供了基于振荡器特征的用于频率调谐的方法和系统的方面。 可以确定控制振荡器的可变阻抗的第一控制字的值。 所确定的值可以映射到控制调谐电路的可变阻抗的第二控制字的对应值。 该映射可以基于振荡器的可变阻抗和调谐电路的可变阻抗之间的关系,例如逻辑和/或数学关系。 可以基于调谐电路的期望频率和/或基于所调谐电路的可变阻抗的期望阻抗来确定第一控制字的值。 调谐电路可以包括例如振荡器或滤波器。