Integrated circuit adjustable RF mixer
    2.
    发明授权
    Integrated circuit adjustable RF mixer 有权
    集成电路可调RF混频器

    公开(公告)号:US06590438B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-08

    申请号:US10096118

    申请日:2002-03-08

    IPC分类号: G11B700

    摘要: The invention describes improvements to a balanced active demodulator subsystem implemented in Radio Frequency integrated circuit technology that simplify the configuration and set-up of a balanced demodulator section and reduce the labor and time required during manufacture to adjust the demodulation characteristics for optimum performance. The subsystem allows for the selection of various combinations of components during use, during configuration and set-up, or during both phases, and comprises a mixer, a plurality of parallel RF balanced amplifier input stages operationally connected to the mixer, a first set of switches arranged to permit the independent selection and making operable one of the RF balanced amplifier stages, a number of pairs of current sources arranged to provide bias currents for the RF balanced amplifier input stages to reduce the current required to be passed through the balanced demodulator section; and a second set of switches arranged to permit the independent selection and making operable one of said pairs of current sources. The invention provides a balanced demodulator subsystem suitable for use in products in which cost-effectiveness is a critical factor, such as those used in personal communications.

    摘要翻译: 本发明描述了在射频集成电路技术中实现的平衡有源解调器子系统的改进,其简化了平衡解调器部分的配置和设置,并减少了制造期间所需的劳动力和时间,以调整解调特性以获得最佳性能。 子系统允许在使用期间,在配置和建立期间或在两个阶段期间选​​择组件的各种组合,并且包括混合器,可操作地连接到混频器的多个并联RF平衡放大器输入级,第一组 开关,其被布置成允许独立选择并使得可操作的RF平衡放大器级中的一个,布置成为RF平衡放大器输入级提供偏置电流的多对电流源,以减少要通过平衡解调器部分的电流 ; 以及第二组开关,其布置成允许独立选择并使得可操作的所述一对电流源中的一个。 本发明提供了一种适用于成本效益是关键因素的产品中的平衡解调器子系统,例如用于个人通信中的那些。

    Method and apparatus for conversion of radio frequency (RF) signals using aperiodic mixing signals
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for conversion of radio frequency (RF) signals using aperiodic mixing signals 失效
    使用非周期性混合信号转换射频(RF)信号的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07164897B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-16

    申请号:US10486830

    申请日:2002-08-28

    IPC分类号: H04B1/18

    摘要: An inexpensive, high-performance, fully-integrable, multi-standard transceiver with a topology including: an active mixer, followed by a high pass filter, and a passive mixer. The input signal is modulated up, or demodulated down, using a pair of complementary, aperiodic mixing signals. The use of aperiodic mixing signals allows a fully-integrated transceiver to be built. Embodiments of the active mixer include those having electrically-adjustable performance and allowing multiple RF signal inputs. This allows the topology to be employed in multi-band, multi-frequency applications, while still providing high performance.

    摘要翻译: 具有拓扑结构的便宜,高性能,完全可集成的多标准收发器,包括:有源混频器,其次是高通滤波器和无源混频器。 输入信号使用一对互补的非周期性混合信号进行调制或解调。 使用非周期混合信号可以建立一个完全集成的收发器。 有源混频器的实施例包括具有电可调节性能并允许多个RF信号输入的那些。 这允许在多频,多频应用中使用拓扑,同时仍然提供高性能。

    Method and apparatus for generating dedicated data channels in inductive coupled RFID systems using band-pass modulation
    4.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for generating dedicated data channels in inductive coupled RFID systems using band-pass modulation 有权
    用于使用带通调制在感应耦合RFID系统中产生专用数据信道的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09014625B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-21

    申请号:US13482083

    申请日:2012-05-29

    申请人: Tajinder Manku

    发明人: Tajinder Manku

    IPC分类号: H04B5/00

    摘要: An inductive coupling apparatus for modifying an incoming radio frequency (RF) signal includes an inductive element. A variable impedance circuit includes an output electrically coupled to the inductive element. A band-pass delta sigma modulator is coupled to the variable impedance circuit and digitally controls the output of the variable impedance circuit. The incoming RF signal is modified as the coupled impedance of the inductive element is adjusted in accordance with the output of the variable impedance circuit.

    摘要翻译: 用于修改输入射频(RF)信号的电感耦合装置包括电感元件。 可变阻抗电路包括电耦合到电感元件的输出端。 带通ΔΣ调制器耦合到可变阻抗电路并数字地控制可变阻抗电路的输出。 随着可变阻抗电路的输出调整电感元件的耦合阻抗,输入RF信号被修改。

    Method and apparatus for generating dedicated data channels in inductive coupled RFID systems
    5.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for generating dedicated data channels in inductive coupled RFID systems 有权
    用于在电感耦合RFID系统中产生专用数据通道的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09014624B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-21

    申请号:US13482008

    申请日:2012-05-29

    申请人: Tajinder Manku

    发明人: Tajinder Manku

    IPC分类号: H04B5/00

    摘要: An inductive coupling apparatus for modifying an incoming radio frequency (RF) signal includes an inductive element for modifying the incoming RF signal in accordance with a coupled impedance characteristic of the inductive element. A variable impedance circuit includes an output electrically coupled to the inductive element. A low pass delta sigma modulator is coupled to the variable impedance circuit and digitally controls the output of the variable impedance circuit, the coupled impedance of the inductive element being adjusted based on the output of the variable impedance circuit.

    摘要翻译: 用于修改输入射频(RF)信号的电感耦合装置包括用于根据电感元件的耦合阻抗特性修改输入RF信号的电感元件。 可变阻抗电路包括电耦合到电感元件的输出端。 低通量ΔΣ调制器耦合到可变阻抗电路并且数字地控制可变阻抗电路的输出,基于可变阻抗电路的输出来调整电感元件的耦合阻抗。

    Transceiver filter and tuning
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US08743746B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-03

    申请号:US13557507

    申请日:2012-07-25

    IPC分类号: H04B7/005

    CPC分类号: H04B1/525

    摘要: A radio transceiver including a transmitter and a receiver. A filter coupled to an output of the transmitter, the filter has one or more inductors and one or more capacitors, where the filter is tuned by varying one or more capacitance values of the one or more capacitors in the filter to tune the filter. The one or more capacitors are Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) ceramic integrated capacitors that are each tuned by application of a bias voltage thereto. A filter tuner circuit is configured to apply the bias voltage to the one or more capacitors, where the bias voltage is initially established as a stored initial value, and where the bias voltage is refined by a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller configured to optimize a power within the transceiver. This abstract is not to be considered limiting since various implementations may incorporate more, fewer or different elements.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DEDICATED DATA CHANNELS IN BACKSCATTER RFID SYSTEMS USING BAND-PASS MODULATION
    7.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DEDICATED DATA CHANNELS IN BACKSCATTER RFID SYSTEMS USING BAND-PASS MODULATION 有权
    在使用带通调制的背板式RFID系统中生成专用数据通道的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20130300619A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-14

    申请号:US13470472

    申请日:2012-05-14

    申请人: Tajinder Manku

    发明人: Tajinder Manku

    IPC分类号: H01Q9/00 H01Q1/50

    摘要: An antenna apparatus for backscattering an incoming radio frequency (RF) signal includes an antenna for backscattering the incoming RF signal in accordance with a reflection coefficient characteristic of the antenna. A variable impedance circuit includes an output electrically connected to the antenna. A band-pass delta sigma modulator is coupled to the variable impedance circuit and digitally controls the output of the variable impedance circuit, such that the reflection coefficient of the antenna is adjusted based on the digitally controlled output of the variable impedance circuit. In an RFID network, the apparatus and method reduces the effect of DC offset in the reader device and the effects of the reader device's phase noise, while allowing for complex modulations.

    摘要翻译: 用于向后向散射输入射频(RF)信号的天线装置包括用于根据天线的反射系数特性来反向散射输入RF信号的天线。 可变阻抗电路包括电连接到天线的输出。 带通ΔΣ调制器耦合到可变阻抗电路,并且数字地控制可变阻抗电路的输出,使得基于可变阻抗电路的数字控制输出来调整天线的反射系数。 在RFID网络中,该装置和方法减少了读取器装置中DC偏移的影响以及读取器装置的相位噪声的影响,同时允许复杂的调制。

    USING A FIRST NETWORK TO CONTROL ACCESS TO A SECOND NETWORK
    8.
    发明申请
    USING A FIRST NETWORK TO CONTROL ACCESS TO A SECOND NETWORK 有权
    使用第一个网络来控制访问第二个网络

    公开(公告)号:US20120022968A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-26

    申请号:US12902828

    申请日:2010-10-12

    申请人: Tajinder Manku

    发明人: Tajinder Manku

    IPC分类号: H04W12/08 G06F17/30

    摘要: A wireless communication device is configured to be able to communicate via both a first access point and a second access point for using the first access point to obtain validation credentials in order to permit use of the second access point to access a network. The wireless communication device comprises a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions. The instructions are operable to: initiate communication with the second access point in order to access a network; obtain an access point identifier from the second access point, the access point identifier for identifying the second access point; transmit the access point identifier to a validation server via the first access point; receive validation credentials from the validation server via the first access point; and use the validation credentials to validate the wireless communication device with the second access point to obtain access to the network.

    摘要翻译: 无线通信设备被配置为能够经由第一接入点和第二接入点经由第二接入点进行通信,以便使用第一接入点来获得有效凭证,以允许使用第二接入点来接入网络。 无线通信设备包括处理器; 以及其上存储有计算机可执行指令的非暂时性计算机可读介质。 所述指令可操作以:发起与所述第二接入点的通信以便接入网络; 从第二接入点获取接入点标识符,用于识别第二接入点的接入点标识符; 经由第一接入点将接入点标识符发送到验证服务器; 通过第一接入点从验证服务器接收验证凭证; 并使用验证凭证来验证具有第二接入点的无线通信设备以获得对网络的访问。

    Method and system for spurious signal control in receivers
    9.
    发明授权
    Method and system for spurious signal control in receivers 有权
    接收机中杂散信号控制的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07715814B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-05-11

    申请号:US11569031

    申请日:2005-05-13

    IPC分类号: H04B1/10 H04B1/26

    摘要: A method and system for dynamically shifting spurious tones away from the desired frequency in a virtual local oscillator receiver, such that any undesired signal residing at such spurious tones are effectively delineated from the desired signal and removed from the RF input signal. The system detects the presence of potential undesired blocker signals in the RF input signal, and initiates an iterative power comparison and mixer signal adjustment loop. As the virtual local oscillator uses two mixer signals, the frequency of one of the mixer signals is adjusted during the loop until the power of the down-converted signal is minimized to a predetermined level. Minimized power in the down-converted signal is indicative of the absence of the blocker signal, since the presence of a relatively high power signal is indicative of a blocker signal overlapping with a desired signal.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在虚拟本地振荡器接收机中动态地将杂散音调从期望频率移位的方法和系统,使得驻留在这种寄生音调处的任何不需要的信号被有效地从期望的信号中描绘出并从RF输入信号中去除。 该系统检测RF输入信号中存在潜在的不希望的阻塞信号,并启动迭代功率比较和混频信号调节环路。 由于虚拟本地振荡器使用两个混频器信号,所以在环路中调整混频信号之一的频率,直到下变频信号的功率被最小化到预定的电平。 下变频信号中的最小化功率表示不存在阻塞信号,因为相对高功率信号的存在表示阻塞信号与期望信号重叠。

    DIGITAL CHARGE PUMP PLL ARCHITECTURE
    10.
    发明申请
    DIGITAL CHARGE PUMP PLL ARCHITECTURE 有权
    数字充电泵PLL架构

    公开(公告)号:US20100060333A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-11

    申请号:US12515562

    申请日:2007-12-13

    IPC分类号: H03L7/06

    摘要: A digital phase lock loop (PLL) circuit having a digital charge pump circuit for providing digital signals corresponding to a difference in phase between an internal clock corresponding to a voltage controlled oscillator, and a reference clock. These digital signals are processed by a digital processing circuit for providing digital control signals. Some of the digital control signals are converted into an analog control signal to provide fine control of the voltage controlled oscillator, while the remaining digital control signals provide coarse control of the voltage controlled oscillator.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有数字电荷泵电路的数字锁相环(PLL)电路,用于提供对应于与压控振荡器相对应的内部时钟之间的相位差的数字信号和参考时钟。 这些数字信号由用于提供数字控制信号的数字处理电路处理。 一些数字控制信号被转换成模拟控制信号以提供压控振荡器的精细控制,而剩余的数字控制信号提供压控振荡器的粗略控制。