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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: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:US20240388319A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-21
申请号:US18665028
申请日:2024-05-15
Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Inventor: Masoud Kahrizi , Ali Sajjadi , Edward Yeuan , Alex Ahmad Mirzaei , Nooshin Vakilian , Eric Pepin
Abstract: Systems and techniques for distributing reference signals are disclosed. For example, a method includes generating, by a first phase-locked loop (PLL) included in a first beamformer (BF) chip, a first local oscillator (LO) signal; generating, by a second PLL included in a second BF chip, a second LO signal; and in a first BF configuration, transmitting radio frequency (RF) signals by a plurality of antenna elements based on the first LO signal. A first subset of the plurality of the antenna elements is associated with the first BF chip and a second subset of the plurality of antenna elements is associated with the second BF chip. The method includes, in a second BF configuration, receiving RF signals by the first subset of the plurality of antenna elements and the second subset of the plurality of antenna elements based on the second LO signal.
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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: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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公开(公告)号:US20230006706A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-05
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
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:US20210194524A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-24
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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