An integrated circuit that includes a die with an active radio frequency (RF) unit embedded thereon; a first port for receiving an output signal from the active RF unit; a harmonic filter that comprises a first harmonic filter inductor; and a first RF inductive load that is electrically coupled to the first port and is magnetically coupled to the first harmonic filter inductor.

A system includes a vehicle event recorder and a modem. The vehicle event recorder is configured to receive a sensor data signal from a sensor that is mounted on a vehicle trailer. The modem is configured to demodulate the sensor data signal to create a modulated sensor data signal. The demodulated sensor data signal is received using a first line. The first line is coupled via a harness to sensor on a vehicle trailer.

Digital predistortion (DPD) timing alignment in a remote unit(s) for a wireless communications system (WCS) is disclosed. In examples discussed herein, a remote unit includes a power amplifier (PA) configured to amplify a radio frequency (RF) signal before transmission. The RF signal may include an unwanted distortion term and a DPD circuit is provided in the remote unit to create an artificial distortion term to help cancel out the unwanted distortion term. The remote unit includes a DPD front-end circuit configured to generate a digital training signal corresponding to a predefined waveform pattern. The DPD circuit can be configured to perform a DPD timing alignment based on the predefined waveform pattern to determine a timing offset that is need to create the artificial distortion term. As such, it may be possible to effectively cancel the unwanted distortion term in the RF signal to improve efficiency and linearity of the PA.

A decentralized communication device is provided that facilitates optimal positioning and orientation of one or more antennas for wireless communication with external devices. The decentralized communication device includes one or more master components and one or more slave components. The master and the slave components are physically separate and communicate wirelessly. In some embodiments the slave acts as a carrier frequency translator between the master and an external wireless device, where it communicates with the external device using a first frequency and communicates with the master using a second frequency which is different from the first frequency. In another embodiment the slave has most or all the physical layer to do the digital coding, digital modulation, data framing, data formatting and data packetization for communicating with an external device, in which case digital coding and digital modulation is distributed between the master and the slave.

A system for a trailer mounted data sensor includes a sensor and a modem. The sensor is configured to produce a sensor data signal that is mounted on a vehicle trailer. The modem is configured to modulate the sensor data signal to create a modulated sensor data signal. The modulated sensor data signal is transmitted using a first line. The first line is coupled via a harness to electronics mounted on a vehicle.

In a PAM-N receiver, sampler reference levels, DC offset and AFE gain may be jointly adapted to achieve optimal or near-optimal boundaries for the symbol decisions of the PAM-N signal. For reference level adaptation, the hamming distances between two consecutive data samples and their in-between edge sample are evaluated. Reference levels for symbol decisions are adjusted accordingly such that on a data transition, an edge sample has on average, equal hamming distance to its adjacent data samples. DC offset may be compensated to ensure detectable data transitions for reference level adaptation. AFE gains may be jointly adapted with sampler reference levels such that the difference between a reference level and a pre-determined target voltage is minimized.

A distributed radio frequency communication system includes a remote radio unit (RRU and a baseband unit (BBU) and facilitates communication between a wireless terminal and a core network. The RRU receives a radio frequency signal from a wireless terminal and convert the radio frequency signal to digital baseband samples using receiver circuitry and an analog-to-digital converter. The RRU then adaptively compresses the digital baseband samples, using adaptive compression circuitry, to create fronthaul uplink information, and sends the fronthaul uplink information over a fronthaul link to the BBU using an adaptive fronthaul protocol. The RRU also receives fronthaul downlink information over a fronthaul link from the BBU using an adaptive fronthaul protocol and generates frequency-domain samples, based on the fronthaul downlink information received. It then creates time-domain baseband samples from the frequency-domain samples and converts the time-domain baseband samples into a radio frequency signal to send to the wireless terminal.

The inventive concept relates to a communication device comprising a DPD processor configured to output a plurality of pre-distorted signals by pre-distorting each of a plurality of input signals using an extracted feedback signal, a first signal combiner configured to combine a plurality of feedback signals corresponding to the plurality of pre-distorted signals and output a combined feedback signal, an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the combined feedback signal into a digital signal and output a digital-converted combined feedback signal and a signal extractor configured to extract the digital-converted combined feedback signal and output the extracted feedback signal.

A method includes: receiving downlink signals at a head end unit of a distributed antenna system from at least one base station; processing the downlink signals into downlink channelized digital baseband signals at the head end unit by at least one of channel filtering, interpolating, and mixing with an oscillator, the downlink channelized digital baseband signals including call information for wireless communication; formatting the downlink channelized digital baseband signals for transport together at the head end unit; packetizing and packet scheduling the downlink channelized digital baseband signals into downlink packetized baseband signals at the head end unit; and transmitting the downlink packetized baseband signals from the head end unit to remotely located units of the distributed antenna system.

A signal compensation device is disclosed. The signal compensation device includes an operation circuit and a modulation circuit. The operation circuit is configured to generate a control signal according to a first data signal and a second data signal, in which the second data signal is generated according to the first data signal by a signal conversion circuit. The modulation circuit is configured to provide a loop gain according to the control signal to compensate an attenuation of the signal conversion circuit.