Qualcomm Incorporated

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Cheng-Han Wang

Liang Zhao

Hong Sun Kim

Mohammad Bagher Vahid Far

Yi Zeng

Jin-Su Ko

Jesse Aaron Richmond

Le Nguyen Luong

Roger Brockenbrough

Tzu-Wang Pan

Sean Joel Lyn

Abbas Komijani

Alireza Khalili

Jeongsik Yang

Justin Phelps Black

Thinh Cat Nguyen

Sang-Oh Lee

Emanuele Lopelli

Shishir Gupta

Jungdong Park

Hye Jin Song

Santosh Kumar Gupta

Xiaoxin Zhang

Dominic Gerard Farmer

Jeremy Darren Dunworth

Saihua Lin

Prasad Srinivasa Siva Gudem

Ojas Choksi

Michael Kohlmann

Yashar Rajavi

Young Gon Kim

Koorosh Akhavan

I-Hsiang Lin

James Ian Jaffee

Alberto Cicalini

Chao Lu

Chan Hong Park

Conor Donovan

Paul Brian Sheehy

Keplin Victor Johansen

Shu-Hsien Liao

Feipeng Wang

Seyed Hossein Miri Lavasani

Kamal Aggarwal

Yu-Ching Yeh

I-Liang Lin

Hai Huang

Constantinos Steven Bekis

Phoebe Peihong Chen

Sunyoung Kim

Ojas Mahendra Choksi

Justin Black

The relative position of a user equipment (UE) within a vehicle is determined using angular measurements, such as angle of arrival (AOA), and optionally ranging measurements, with respect to a number of wireless transceivers within the vehicle using wideband signals. The relative position of the UE with respect to a personal zone or the steering wheel may be determined based on known positions of the wireless transceivers. If the UE is determined to be within the personal zone, at least one functionality of the UE is restricted to avoid driver distraction and, optionally, the operation autonomous driving of the vehicle adjusted. If the UE is worn on the driver's wrist the relative position of the UE with respect to the steering wheel may be similarly determined and operation of the vehicle modified if the UE is determined to be outside a threshold distance from the steering wheel.

Method and apparatus for relative positioning of a user equipment in a vehicle

Differing operations of a wireless communication device benefit from different antenna configurations, such as for positioning, where closely spaced antennas are desirable, and data communication, where antenna diversity is desirable. A device is configured to receive a request for receive a request for determining a position of a user equipment (UE), select one of a first plurality of antennas or a second plurality of antennas for determining the position of the UE, receive wireless signals using the selected first plurality of antennas or the second plurality of antennas, and determine the position of the UE based at least in part on the received wireless signals.

Antenna sharing for multiple wireless communication technologies

Aspects described herein include devices and methods for smart ultra wideband transmissions. In one aspect, an apparatus includes pulse generation circuitry configured to output a plurality of transmission (TX) pulse samples at a selected signal sample rate, where each pulse sample of the plurality of TX pulse samples comprises a value associated with a pulse amplitude at a corresponding sample time The apparatus includes a plurality of power amplifier (PA) cells, with each PA cell of the plurality of PA cells comprising a corresponding current source and associated gates, and where the associated gates of a PA cell are selectable to configure an on state and an off state. Logic circuitry of the apparatus is configured to set the on state or the off state for each PA cell.

Ultra wideband transmitter

Apparatus and methods for generating multiple oscillating signals. An example circuit generally includes a first voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) circuit and a second VCO circuit having a differential bias input coupled to a differential output of the first VCO circuit. At least one of the first VCO circuit or the second VCO circuit generally includes: a pair of cross-coupled transistors comprising a first transistor and a second transistor, a first inductive element coupled between a first node and the drain of the first transistor, a second inductive element coupled between the first node and the drain of the second transistor, a third transistor having a drain coupled to the drain of the first transistor and having a source coupled to a second node, and a fourth transistor having a drain coupled to the drain of the second transistor and having a source coupled to the second node.

Quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO) with improved phase noise and quadrature imbalance trade-off

Apparatuses and methods are disclosed regarding a multiband transmitter. In an example aspect, an apparatus for processing signals for wireless transmission includes a wireless interface device. The wireless interface device includes an upconverter, a tunable filter, and a driver amplifier. The upconverter has an output and is configured to upconvert a baseband frequency to a radio frequency based on a local oscillator signal. The tunable filter has an input and an output; the input of the tunable filter is coupled to the output of the upconverter. The driver amplifier has an input; the input of the driver amplifier is coupled to the output of the tunable filter.

Multiband transmitter

An area-efficient balun and a method for signal processing using such a balun. One example balun generally includes a winding and a clamping circuit. The winding is formed by a coiled trace including a first portion having a first trace width and a second portion having a second trace width, the second trace width being narrower than the first trace width. The clamping circuit has a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the clamping circuit being coupled to the first portion of the coiled trace.

Area-efficient balun

An RF front end provides high receive selectivity by selectively configuring matching networks within a Time Division Duplex transceiver. One or more elements of the transmit or receive signal paths are configured to perform multiple functions. Each of the functions can be performed in dependence on an operating mode of the RF front end. In some embodiments, one or more elements in the transmit or receive signal paths are reconfigured during receive portions of operation to provide additional receive selectivity.

High selectivity TDD RF front end

An amplifier may include a first transistor. The amplifier may also include a second transistor coupled to the first transistor in an output stage of the amplifier. The amplifier may also include a level shift resistor coupled between a gate of the first transistor and a gate of the second transistor. The amplifier may further include a feedback bias circuit coupled to the gate of the first transistor and the gate of the second transistor through the level shift resistor. The feedback bias circuit may be configured to sense a common mode voltage of the output stage of the amplifier, and to compare the common mode voltage with a reference voltage to control a resistor bias current conducted by the level shift resistor.

Amplifier bias technique

An apparatus and a method are disclosed for synchronizing clock signals distributed within a wireless device. In some embodiments, a local oscillator (LO) clock signal is buffered and distributed to two or more transceivers within the wireless device. Each transceiver may include a configurable clock divider to divide the distributed LO clock signal and generate an output clock signal. A phase detector compares output clock signals from each of the configurable clock dividers and generates an output signal in accordance with a determined phase difference. The phase detector output signal may cause at least one of the configurable clock dividers to modify its respective output clock signal, and thereby synchronize output clock signals between different configurable clock dividers. In some embodiments, a clock signal from a configurable clock divider may be modified (shifted) by approximately 90 or 180 degrees.

Clock synchronization

A radio frequency (RF) receiver, for example a satellite positioning system receiver, can be configured to use a single phase locked loop for generating an oscillator signal to perform downconversion of signals in two different frequency bands using two or more local oscillators. A first RF signal portion includes a first signal band and undergoes double downconversion using a first mixer and a second mixer, while a second RF signal portion includes a second signal band and undergoes single downconversion using a single mixer. A controller is configured to determine a first oscillator divider value and a second oscillator divider value to avoid a jammer frequency and frequency dividers are used to generate the two or more local oscillators.

Concurrent support for multiple frequency bands for satellite navigation signals

A power amplifier bias circuit having high dynamic range and low memory is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes an output stage configured to generate a biased RF signal based on a first DC signal and a filtered signal. The apparatus also includes a low pass filter configured to filter the biased RF signal to generate the filtered signal.

Amplifier bias circuit

A MOS capacitor with improved linearity is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a main branch comprising a first signal path having a first capacitor pair connected in series with reversed polarities and a second signal path having a second capacitor pair connected in series with reversed polarities, the first and second signal paths connected in parallel. The apparatus also includes an auxiliary branch comprising at least one signal path having at least one capacitor pair connected in series with reversed polarities and connected in parallel with the main branch. In an exemplary embodiment, the capacitors are MOS capacitors.

Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) capacitor with improved linearity

An amplifier includes a gain transistor including a control terminal to receive an input signal. A degeneration inductor is coupled between the first terminal of the gain transistor and ground. A shunt inductor and a capacitor are coupled in series between the control terminal of the gain transistor and ground, and form a filter to attenuate frequencies of the input signal within a frequency range. The degeneration inductor and the shunt inductor form a transformer to provide impedance matching.

Radio frequency low noise amplifier with on-chip matching and built-in tunable filter

A method and apparatus for minimizing transmit signal interference is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving a signal and amplifying the received signal. The received signal is then mixed with an intermediate frequency signal to obtain a baseband modulated signal. The baseband modulated signal is first filtered in an RC filter. The resulting signal is then divided by a preselected amount and the first divided portion is sent to a main path of a biquad filter, which produces a first stage biquad filtered signal. The second portion of the divided signal is sent to an auxiliary path of the biquad filter, and produces a second filtered signal. The first and second signals are then recombined and sent to the second stage of the biquad filter, where further filtering takes place.

Architecture to reject near end blockers and transmit leakage

A method, an apparatus, and a system product for mixing radio frequency signals are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus is configured to perform switching of switches based on first, second, third, and fourth phased half duty clock signals. The apparatus convolves a differential input signal on a differential input port with the first, second, third, and fourth phased half duty cycle clock signals to concurrently generate a differential in-phase output signal and a differential quadrature-phase output signal on a dual differential output port. The first, second, third, and fourth phased half duty cycle clock signals are of the same frequency and out of phase by a multiple of ninety degrees with respect to each other.

Fully I/Q balanced quadrature radio frequency mixer with low noise and low conversion loss

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Cheng-Han Wang