630 patents
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Dual-band Operation of a Radio Device
18 Jan 24
In one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes: a first radio frequency (RF) circuit configured to receive and process a first RF signal having a sub-gigahertz (GHz) frequency to output a first lower frequency signal and to transmit RF signals having the sub-GHz frequency; a second RF circuit configured to receive and process a second RF signal having a frequency of at least substantially 2.4 GHz to output a second lower frequency signal and to transmit RF signals at the at least substantially 2.4 GHz; shared analog circuitry coupled to the first RF circuit and the second RF circuit, the shared analog circuitry to receive at least one of the first RF signal or the second RF signal and output a digital output signal; and a digital circuit coupled to the shared analog circuit, the digital circuit to recover message information from the digital output signal.
Euisoo Yoo, Arup Mukherji, Rangakrishnan Srinivasan, Vitor Pereira, Zhongda Wang, Sriharsha Vasadi
Filed: 26 Sep 23
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Apparatus for antenna optimization and associated methods
2 Jan 24
An apparatus includes a module comprising an antenna having at least one antenna component.
Pasi Rahikkala, Tuomas Hänninen
Filed: 30 Sep 21
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Radio-frequency (RF) apparatus for digital frequency synthesizer including sigma-delta modulator and associated methods
2 Jan 24
An apparatus includes a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO), which includes an inductor coupled in series with a first capacitor.
John M. Khoury
Filed: 30 Jun 22
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Rotational Symmetric AoX Antenna Array with Metamaterial Antennas
28 Dec 23
An antenna array that utilizes ground guard rings and metamaterial structures is disclosed.
Attila Zólomy, Ádám Süle, Joel Kauppo, Terry Lee Dickey, Jeffrey Tindle
Filed: 22 Jun 22
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Power Variation Correction for a Transmitter
28 Dec 23
In one aspect, an apparatus comprises a transmit path including a power amplifier to receive, process and output a transmit radio frequency (RF) signal the transmit path comprising a power amplifier.
Thomas Edward Voor, Hendricus De Ruijter, Richard Hendricks
Filed: 29 Aug 22
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Control of Configurable Receiver Front End Module Based at Least In Part on Signal Metric Information
28 Dec 23
In one aspect, a method comprises: comparing, in a comparator, a signal level of a receive radio frequency (RF) signal to a first threshold, the receive RF signal obtained from a controllable location in an RF front end circuit; and in response to the signal level of the receive RF signal exceeding the first threshold, causing the RF front end circuit to be reconfigured from a first mode in which an input to a low noise amplifier (LNA) is coupled an antenna to a second mode in which the input to the LNA is coupled to an RF filter.
Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag, Richard Hendricks, Logan Lucas, Jeffrey Merrill, Hendricus De Ruijter, Luigi Panseri
Filed: 29 Aug 22
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Initialization of Configurable Receiver Front End Module into a Selected Mode
28 Dec 23
In one aspect, a method comprises: initializing a front end circuit of a wireless device into a first mode in which a radio frequency (RF) signal processing path comprises a low noise amplifier (LNA) having an output coupled to an RF filter; and in response to an RF signal received in the front end circuit having a level greater than a first threshold, reconfiguring the front end circuit into a second mode in which the RF filter is coupled to an input of the LNA.
Hendricus De Ruijter, Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag
Filed: 29 Aug 22
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Reconfiguration of Configurable Receiver Front End Module Between Plurality of Modes
28 Dec 23
In one aspect, a method comprises: reconfiguring a front end circuit of a device from a first mode having a receiver radio frequency (RF) signal processing path with a first relative order into a second mode having the receiver RF signal processing path with a different relative order; determining that a timeout period has completed; and reconfiguring the front end circuit from the second mode to the first mode in response to determining that the timeout period has completed.
Hendricus De Ruijter, Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag
Filed: 29 Aug 22
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Configurable Receiver Front End Module Having Configurable Detection Capabilities
28 Dec 23
In one aspect, an apparatus includes a receive path to receive, process and output a receive radio frequency (RF) signal, the receive path comprising at least one low noise amplifier (LNA) and a plurality of signal nodes.
Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag, Richard Hendricks, Logan Lucas, Hendricus De Ruijter, Luigi Panseri
Filed: 29 Aug 22
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Interrupt Driven Reconfiguration of Configurable Receiver Front End Module
28 Dec 23
In one aspect, a method comprises: receiving, in a controller of a wireless device, at least one of a first interrupt or a second interrupt, where: the first interrupt is to indicate that a receive radio frequency (RF) signal received in a front end circuit of the wireless device is overloading at least a low noise amplifier (LNA) of the front end circuit; and the second interrupt is to indicate that the receive RF signal is overloading at least a passive network of a system on chip (SoC) of the wireless device; and in response to the at least one of the first interrupt or the second interrupt, reconfiguring the front end circuit from a first mode into a second mode, where a relative order of a receiver RF signal processing path is different in the first mode than in the second mode.
Hendricus De Ruijter, Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag
Filed: 29 Aug 22
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Central Entity Update of Configurable Receiver Front End Module Between Static Modes
28 Dec 23
In one aspect, a method comprises: monitoring, via at least one computer system of a central entity, performance information of a plurality of wireless devices present in a network environment remotely coupled to the central entity; updating a monitoring database based on monitoring the performance information; and causing at least some of the plurality of wireless devices to be reconfigured from a first mode to a second mode based at least in part on the performance information.
Thomas Edward Voor, Jeffrey L. Sonntag, Richard Hendricks
Filed: 29 Aug 22
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System and Method for Securing Nonvolatile Memory for Execute-in-Place
28 Dec 23
A system for securing the contents of an external nonvolatile memory associated with a main processing device is disclosed.
Marius Grannaes, Joshua Norem
Filed: 22 Jun 22
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Apparatus for Receiver with Carrier Frequency Offset Correction Using Frequency Information and Associated Methods
21 Dec 23
An apparatus includes a radio-frequency (RF) receiver for receiving an RF signal using a plurality of antennas.
Antonio Torrini, Hendricus de Ruijter, Yan Zhou, David Trager
Filed: 31 Aug 23
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Hardware Countermeasures Against DFA Attacks on AES Operations
21 Dec 23
A system and method of performing an AES encryption, while also determining whether a potentially successful DFA attack is underway is disclosed.
Steven Cooreman
Filed: 21 Jun 22
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Using preamble portion having irregular carrier spacing for frequency synchronization
19 Dec 23
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a radio frequency (RF) front end circuit to receive and downconvert a RF signal to a second frequency signal, the RF signal comprising an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission; a digitizer coupled to the RF front end circuit to digitize the second frequency signal to a digital signal; and a baseband processor coupled to the digitizer to process the digital signal.
Frederic Pirot
Filed: 31 Jan 23
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Providing a Hybrid Generic Attribute Database
14 Dec 23
In one aspect, an apparatus includes: a volatile memory to store a dynamic portion of a hybrid generic attribute (GATT) database structure; and a non-volatile memory coupled to the volatile memory to store a static portion of the hybrid GATT database structure, where the volatile memory is to store an attribute index array to identify whether an attribute datum of the hybrid GATT database structure is stored in the volatile memory or the non-volatile memory.
Aikeremu Tiemuer, Yongjiang Yu, Toni Kettula, Mikko Loytynoja
Filed: 13 Jun 22
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Providing a Hybrid Generic Attribute Database
14 Dec 23
In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, in an access point, a configuration request from a user, the configuration request comprising a first SSID; in response to the user request, entering into a monitor mode to identify one or more existing SSIDs of one or more existing access points in a local environment with the access point; and informing the user if the first SSID matches at least one of the existing SSIDs.
Krishna Chaitanya Suryavenkata Emani, Venkata Naganjaneya Sairam Sriram
Filed: 14 Jun 22
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Method and Apparatus for Configuring a Switched-mode Power Converter
7 Dec 23
A method for operating a switched-mode power converter includes providing to a maximum voltage node as a maximum voltage, a version of the higher of a first voltage on a first node and a second voltage on a second node.
Srikanth Govindarajulu
Filed: 29 Jul 22
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Low Power Boost Converter Startup with Soft Start and Output Voltage Overshoot Limiting
30 Nov 23
A method for operating a DC-DC converter circuit includes, in response to detecting a startup condition, charging an output capacitance coupled to an output node of the DC-DC converter circuit at a first rate in a first phase of a multi-phase startup mode of operation of the DC-DC converter circuit.
Srikanth Govindarajulu, Hatem M. Osman, Michael D. Mulligan
Filed: 31 May 22
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Dynamically Biasing a Bulk Node and a Gate Node of a Transistor In a DC-DC Voltage Converter
30 Nov 23
A method for operating a DC-DC converter includes generating an output voltage on an output node of the DC-DC converter based on an input voltage on an input node of the DC-DC converter using a transistor having a bulk terminal and a gate terminal, the output voltage being greater than the input voltage.
Srikanth Govindarajulu, Michael D. Mulligan, Hatem M. Osman
Filed: 31 May 22