H04B1/406

Systems and methods for detecting local oscillator leakage and image tone in I/Q mixer based transceivers

According to one embodiment, a transceiver includes: a radio transmitter including a power amplifier; a detector circuit including: a squaring circuit configured to receive an output of the power amplifier of the radio transmitter and configured to produce an output current; and a DC current absorber electrically connected to an output terminal of the squaring circuit.

Radio frequency signal synthesizer circuit and Method for generating a radio frequency signal
20180006606 · 2018-01-04 ·

A radio frequency signal synthesizer circuit includes a digital to analog converter configured to generate an analog output signal for each clock cycle of a clock signal to provide the radio frequency signal and a controlled oscillator to generate the clock signal. The controlled oscillator is configured to vary a cycle time of the clock signal for a radio frequency signal in a first frequency range in a first operation mode or to maintain a constant cycle time for a radio frequency signal in a second frequency range in a second operation mode, the second frequency range being different than the first frequency range.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN COLLOCATED TRANSCEIVERS

The disclosure relates to a method for mitigating interference of a first radio signal received by a first transceiver of a first radio access technology (RAT) due to transmission of a second radio signal by a second transceiver of a second RAT, wherein the first transceiver and the second transceiver are physically collocated on a same device. The method includes: pre-setting a power of the second radio signal based on a throughput performance requirement for the first radio signal before transmission of the second radio signal, and tuning the power of the second radio signal during transmission of the second radio signal based on estimating the interference of the first radio signal.

Local oscillator switching control for a very low intermediate frequency receiver

A very low intermediate frequency receiver and methods for controlling the same. One method includes providing, using a local oscillator, a first intermediate frequency, detecting, using an interferer detector, an adjacent or alternate channel interference signal and an image of the adjacent or adjacent channel interference signal causing interference with a desired signal, and determining, using an electronic processor, whether the desired signal is an analog signal. In response to determining that the desired signal is an analog signal, the method includes controlling, using the electronic processor, the local oscillator to provide a second intermediate frequency. In response to determining that the desired signal is not an analog signal, the method includes determining, using the electronic processor, a switching condition based on the desired signal, and controlling, using the electronic processor, the local oscillator to provide the second intermediate frequency in response to determining the switching condition.

SYSTEM FOR OPERATING MULTIPLE TRANSCEIVER MODULES CONCURRENTLY
20230006729 · 2023-01-05 ·

Embodiments describe systems, apparatuses, and methods for transmitting/receiving signal data to/from a plurality of transceiver modules. Devices in accordance with some embodiments can include a plurality of wireless transceiver modules, each wireless transceiver module to be communicatively coupled to a corresponding external transceiver mixture, one or more antennas to exchange signal data with the plurality of external transceiver modules, a radio frequency (RF) circulator, and one or more amplifiers to amplify the signal data received by the one or more antennas and signal data to be transmitted by the one or more antennas. The use of the RF circulator prevents transmitting signals that may collide with each other and cause interference with the communications.

SIGNAL-SENSING AUTOMATIC DEVICE CONFIGURATOR
20230223979 · 2023-07-13 · ·

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an automatic device configurator. In accordance with one aspect, the automatic device configurator includes external switch inputs configured to set one or more configuration parameters; a configuration status input configured to be compatible with a standard interface; an output port; and a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the output port, the external switch inputs and the configuration status input, wherein the CPU is configured to send configuration commands based on the one or more configuration parameters.

Method and apparatus for negotiating security during handover between different radio access technologies
11576089 · 2023-02-07 · ·

A solution for security negotiation during handover of a user equipment (UE) between different radio access technologies is provided. In the solution, the UE receives non-access stratum (NAS) security information and access stratum (AS) security information which are selected by the target system and then performs security negotiation with the target system according to the received NAS security information and AS security information. As such, the UE may obtain the key parameter information of the NAS and AS selected by a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system and perform security negotiation with the LTE system when the UE hands over from a different system, such as a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), to the LTE system.

Method and system for linear signal processing with signal decomposition

There is provided a method and system for linear signal processing with signal decomposition. The system including: a decomposition module to receive an analog input signal and perform signal decomposition, the signal decomposition including slicing the analog input signal into a plurality of slices to produce one or more analog components and one or more digital components, the decomposition module directing each component to a separate signal path; and a processing module to perform one or more linear operations on at least one of the signal paths. In some cases, the signal decomposition includes slicing the analog input signal into the plurality of slices by amplitude. In some cases, the analog components include unsaturated slices of the analog input signal and the digital components include saturated slices of the analog input signal.

Multi-interface transponder device—altering power modes

Methods for performing power management of a multi-interface transponder (MIT) device, e.g., such as positional tag device. The MIT device may transition between various power states, e.g., based on detected events, such as detecting movement of the MIT device, receiving a wakeup signal, receiving an indication of a transition in transportation mode, and/or detecting that the MIT device may be lost, such as based on a lack of contact with another device for more than a threshold period of time.

System, apparatus and method for providing remote tuner options in a vehicle entertainment system

In one example, a remote tuner module includes: a first tuner to receive, process and demodulate a first radio frequency (RF) signal to output an analog audio signal, and to receive and process a second RF signal to output a first downconverted modulated signal; a second tuner to receive and process the second RF signal to output a second downconverted modulated signal; a demodulator circuit coupled to the first and second tuners to demodulate and link the first and second modulated signals, to output a linked demodulated signal. The remote tuner module may further include a gateway circuit coupled to at least the demodulator circuit to output the analog audio signal and the linked demodulated signal.