Secure passive wireless sensor and related methods

    公开(公告)号:US11736838B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US17395907

    申请日:2021-08-06

    IPC分类号: H04Q9/00

    摘要: A passive wireless sensor may be wirelessly coupled with an interrogator. The sensor uses multiple antennas to receive an interrogation signal from the interrogator and compares a path length difference between the signal received at each antenna. The path length difference changes based on the relative position of the sensor and interrogator. Using the path length difference, the sensor transmits a response signal to the interrogator. The interrogator analyzes the response signal to determine sensor position. The interrogator compares the determined sensor position to a previous known sensor position to determine if an attack has occurred, such as a replay, counterfeit, or tampering attack. The sensor may include cryptographic circuitry that scrambles the response signal, thwarting an attack such as a sniffing attack. The interrogator may include multiple antennas and determine a position of the sensor by calculating an angle-of-arrival that enhances a signal from the sensor, via beamforming.

    Digital predistortion with neural-network-assisted physical modeling of envelope features

    公开(公告)号:US12040753B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17948482

    申请日:2022-09-20

    IPC分类号: H03F1/32 G05B13/02

    CPC分类号: H03F1/3247 G05B13/027

    摘要: Systems, devices, and methods related to envelope regulated, digital predistortion (DPD) are provided. An example apparatus includes an envelope regulator circuit to process, based on a parameterized model, an input signal to generate an envelope regulated signal; a digital predistortion (DPD) actuator circuit to process the envelope regulated signal and the input signal based on DPD coefficients associated with a nonlinearity characteristic of a nonlinear component; and a DPD adaptation circuit to update the DPD coefficients based on a feedback signal indicative of an output of the nonlinear component.

    Digital predistortion with hybrid basis-function-based actuator and neural network

    公开(公告)号:US12028188B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-02

    申请号:US17732764

    申请日:2022-04-29

    摘要: Systems, devices, and methods related to hybrid basis function, neural network-based digital predistortion (DPD) are provided. An example apparatus for a radio frequency (RF) transceiver includes a digital predistortion (DPD) actuator to receive an input signal associated with a nonlinear component of the RF transceiver and output a predistorted signal. The DPD actuator includes a basis-function-based actuator to perform a first DPD operation using a set of basis functions associated with a first nonlinear characteristic of the nonlinear component. The DPD actuator further includes a neural network-based actuator to perform a second DPD operation using a first neural network associated with a second nonlinear characteristic of the nonlinear component. The predistorted signal is based on a first output signal of the basis-function-based actuator and a second output signal of the neural network-based actuator.

    DIGITAL CORRECTION TECHNIQUES FOR WIDEBAND RECEIVER SIGNAL CHAIN NONLINEARITIES

    公开(公告)号:US20220385318A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17824899

    申请日:2022-05-26

    IPC分类号: H04B1/10 H04L25/03

    摘要: Non-idealities of input circuitry of a receiver signal chain can significantly degrade the overall performance of the receiver signal chain. A digital nonlinearity correction (NLC) can be implemented in a receiver signal chain having an ADC. Digital NLC can be designed as a drop in signal preconditioner for existing RF ADC wideband receiver signal chains. A unique equalizer can compensate for a variety of mixer spurs. Accordingly, digital NLC can correct nonlinearities due to mixers and any amplifiers preceding or following the ADC, potentially improving receive chains performance by 15-25 dB. Such a digital NLC solution can be particularly beneficial in defense and instrumentation applications which demand the greatest performance.

    COHERENT SUMMATION IN WIRELESS SENSOR PLATFORMS

    公开(公告)号:US20200314607A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16831741

    申请日:2020-03-26

    IPC分类号: H04W4/38 H04W24/02 H04W24/08

    摘要: Described herein are techniques for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a wireless sensor platform. The device that interrogates a wireless sensor node (an interrogator) may be configured to determine the quantity to be measured by extracting information from multiple echoes produced in response to multiple interrogation pulses or produced due to multi-path propagation. Although different echoes may have been transformed to different extents, the echoes may share unique characteristics that are specific to the wireless sensor node that produced them. Accordingly, the SNR may be improved by keeping only portions of the received signal that exhibit such characteristics. The SNR may be further improved by summing the echoes together. In some embodiments, the echoes may be summed together in a coherent fashion, thereby producing an echo having an amplitude greater than the amplitude of each of the received echoes.

    Radio frequency ranging using phase difference

    公开(公告)号:US10469184B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-05

    申请号:US15955049

    申请日:2018-04-17

    发明人: Tao Yu

    摘要: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe mechanisms for radio frequency (RF) ranging between pairs of radio units based on radio signals exchanged between units. An exemplary radio system may include a first radio unit, configured to transmit a first radio signal, and a second radio unit configured to receive the first radio signal, adjust a reference clock signal of the second radio unit based on the first radio signal, and transmit a second radio signal generated based on the adjusted reference clock signal. Such a radio system may further include a processing unit for determining a distance between the first and second radio units based on a phase difference between the first radio signal as transmitted by the first radio unit and the second radio signal as received at the first radio unit. Disclosed mechanisms may enable accurate RF ranging using low-cost, low-power radio units.

    Model architecture search and optimization for hardware

    公开(公告)号:US12003261B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-04

    申请号:US17732809

    申请日:2022-04-29

    IPC分类号: H04B1/04 G06N3/04 G06N3/084

    CPC分类号: H04B1/0475 G06N3/04 G06N3/084

    摘要: Systems, devices, and methods related to using model architecture search for hardware configuration are provided. A method includes receiving, by a computer-implemented system, information associated with a pool of processing units; receiving, by the computer-implemented system, a data set associated with a data transformation operation; training, based on the data set and the information associated with the pool of processing units, a parameterized model associated with the data transformation operation, where the training includes updating at least one parameter of the parameterized model associated with configuring at least a subset of the processing units in the pool; and outputting, based on the training, one or more configurations for at least the subset of the processing units in the pool.

    Radio frequency ranging using phase difference

    公开(公告)号:US11513209B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US17047016

    申请日:2019-04-11

    发明人: Tao Yu

    摘要: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe mechanisms for radio frequency (RF) ranging between pairs of radio units based on radio signals exchanged between units. An exemplary radio system may include a first radio unit, configured to transmit a first radio signal, and a second radio unit configured to receive the first radio signal, adjust a reference clock signal of the second radio unit based on the first radio signal, and transmit a second radio signal generated based on the adjusted reference clock signal. Such a radio system may further include a processing unit for determining a distance between the first and second radio units based on a phase difference between the first radio signal as transmitted by the first radio unit and the second radio signal as received at the first radio unit. Disclosed mechanisms may enable accurate RF ranging using low-cost, low-power radio units.