A circuit arrangement capable of adjusting signal parameters of a plurality of signals that is transmitted between one or more terminals and one or more antennas is provided. The circuit arrangement is configured to separate a common signal path for the plurality of signals into a plurality of individual signal paths, wherein two or more signal paths of the plurality of signal paths are configured to carry different single signals. A signal adjusting section is configured to independently adjusting one or more signal parameters for two or more single signals.

A frequency modulation circuit can include: a modulation circuit configured to generate a digital modulation signal and an analog modulation signal according to an input signal of the frequency modulation circuit; and a phase-locked loop having a voltage-controlled oscillator configured to receive a reference frequency, and to modulate a frequency of an output signal of the voltage-controlled oscillator according to the analog modulation signal and the digital modulation signal.

A base station grants communications of a plurality of wireless communication terminals with the base station without allocating wireless resources upon occurrence of requests for the communications. The base station receives radio signals incoming from the wireless communication terminals and having encoded data, executes a first process of obtaining, from the received radio signals, first signals with at least ones of amplitudes and phases being adjusted, the first signals being incoming from a first wireless communication terminal among the plural wireless communication terminals, a second process of generating replicas of the radio signals incoming from the first wireless communication terminal before at least ones of the amplitudes and the phases are adjusted, a third process of extracting signals given by removing the replicas of the incoming radio signals from the received radio signals, and a process of iterating the first through third processes successively.

Described are broadband active coupling circuits and methods. A broadband active coupling circuit includes a high-pass circuit configured to provide a high frequency response for a broadband signal and a low-pass circuit connected in parallel with the high-pass circuit. The low-pass circuit is configured to provide a low frequency response for the broadband signal, where the low-pass circuit includes an active circuit configured to minimally impact the high frequency response provided by the high-pass circuit.

A device for monitoring a health parameter of a person is disclosed. The device includes a semiconductor substrate including at least one transmit component and multiple receive components, at least one transmit antenna configured to transmit millimeter range radio waves over a 3D space below the skin surface of a person, and multiple receive antennas configured to receive radio waves, the received radio waves including a reflected portion of the transmitted radio waves, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes circuits for processing signals received on the multiple receive antennas, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes at least one output configured to output a signal that corresponds to a health parameter of a person in response to received radio waves, and wherein the at least one transmit antenna is collocated with the at least one transmit component and the multiple receive antennas are collocated with respective ones of the multiple receive components.

A mixer includes a load portion connected between an input terminal of a first power voltage and an output terminal of the radio frequency transmit signal and configured to adjust a magnitude of the radio frequency transmit signal, a first switching unit connected to an output terminal of the radio frequency transmit signal, and configured to perform a first switching operation in response to a plurality of local oscillation signals, and a second switching unit connected between the first switching unit and an input terminal of a second power voltage, lower than the first power voltage, and configured to perform a second switching operation in response to a plurality of baseband signals, the plurality of local oscillation signals include an I+ baseband signal, an I− baseband signal, a Q+ baseband signal, and a Q− baseband signal, and the second switching unit includes a first branch performing a switching operation under control of the I+ baseband signal and the Q+ baseband signal, a second branch performing a switching operation under control of the I− baseband signal and the Q− baseband signal, a third branch performing a switching operation under control of the Q+ baseband signal and the I− baseband signal, and a fourth branch performing a switching operation under control of the Q− baseband signal and the I+ baseband signal.

A transmitter for generating a radio frequency, RF, transmit signal is provided. The transmitter includes signal generation circuitry configured to generate, based on a sequence of first control words each indicating a respective frequency shift with respect to a target frequency of the RF transmit signal, a RF carrier signal with sequentially varying frequency over time in order to frequency spread the RF transmit signal. Further, the transmitter includes modulation circuitry configured to generate the RF transmit signal by modulating the RF carrier signal with a modulation control signal. The transmitter additionally includes modification circuitry configured to generate the modulation control signal by modifying, based on the sequence of first control words, phase information of a baseband signal bearing information to be transmitted or phase information of a signal derived from the baseband signal in order to frequency de-spread the RF transmit signal.

Systems and associated methods for reducing Doppler shifts in the broadband signals between Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and ground stations are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for reducing the Doppler shift of wireless signals includes estimating a velocity of the UAV based on a Global Positioning System (GPS) or an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) of the UAV and calculating the Doppler shift of an upload (UL) wireless signal based on the velocity of the UAV. The method further includes predistorting a frequency of the UL wireless signal at the ground station to reduce the Doppler shift at a UAV receiver (RX) and transmitting the UL wireless signal from a ground station transmitter (TX) to the UAV RX. In some embodiments, calculating the Doppler shift of the UL wireless signal is performed at the ground station.

A microelectromechanical gyroscope which comprises one or more Coriolis masses driven by a drive transducer and a force-feedback system. The force-feedback circuit comprises first and second sideband modulators and the self-test circuit comprises first and second sideband demodulators.

A mixer includes a load portion connected between an input terminal of a first power voltage and an output terminal of the radio frequency transmit signal and configured to adjust a magnitude of the radio frequency transmit signal, a first switching unit connected to an output terminal of the radio frequency transmit signal, and configured to perform a first switching operation in response to a plurality of local oscillation signals, and a second switching unit connected between the first switching unit and an input terminal of a second power voltage, lower than the first power voltage, and configured to perform a second switching operation in response to a plurality of baseband signals, the plurality of local oscillation signals include an I+ baseband signal, an I− baseband signal, a Q+ baseband signal, and a Q− baseband signal, and the second switching unit includes a first branch performing a switching operation under control of the I+ baseband signal and the Q+ baseband signal, a second branch performing a switching operation under control of the I− baseband signal and the Q− baseband signal, a third branch performing a switching operation under control of the Q+ baseband signal and the I− baseband signal, and a fourth branch performing a switching operation under control of the Q− baseband signal and the I+ baseband signal.