Qualcomm Incorporated

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Chuan Wang

Li Liu

Kevin Hsi Huai Wang

Bhushan Shanti Asuri

Vinod Panikkath

Gurkanwal Singh Sahota

Dongling Pan

Muhammad Hassan

Yunfei Feng

Yiwu Tang

Shrenik Patel

Kevin Hsi-Huai Wang

Klaas Van Zalinge

Mohamed Abouzied

Abdellatif Bellaouar

Li-chung Chang

Helena Deirdre O'Shea

David J Maldonado

Wolfgang Roethig

Kang Yang

Jorge Garcia

Wu-Hsin Chen

Wing Fat Andy Lau

David Zixiang Yang

Serkan Sayilir

Ramakrishna Narayanaswami

Chiewcharn Narathong

Chinmaya Mishra

Sang-June Park

Anosh Bomi Davierwalla

Xinmin Yu

Zixiang Yang

Prakash Thoppay Egambaram

Mehmet Uzunkol

Francesco Carrara

Anushruti Bhattacharya

Bon-Hyun Ku

Yanming Xiao

Mohammad Mehrjoo

Laya Mohammadi

Wei Cheng

Maziar Hedayati

Anosh Davierwalla

Jorge Andres Garcia

A radio system architecture includes a receiver having multiple sub arrays in a phased array, the multiple sub arrays configured to perform carrier aggregation (CA) and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) signal processing, and provide independent beam management for multiple radio frequency (RF) signals received at each of the multiple sub arrays, and a data processor configured to receive signals from the receiver and extract information regarding wireless communications.

Phased array antenna architecture

A transceiver interface for a phased array element includes a first magnetic circuit having a primary coil and a secondary coil, a second magnetic circuit having a primary coil, a secondary coil and a tertiary coil, a main amplifier path and an auxiliary amplifier path, the main amplifier path coupled to the primary coil of the second magnetic circuit and configured to receive a quadrature signal, the main amplifier path configured to provide a quadrature output signal, the auxiliary amplifier path coupled to the primary coil of the first magnetic circuit and configured to receive an in-phase signal, the auxiliary amplifier path configured to provide an in-phase output signal, a selectable output circuit configured to selectively combine the in-phase output signal and the quadrature output signal, and a low noise amplifier (LNA) coupled to the tertiary coil of the second magnetic circuit.

Doherty transceiver interface

An apparatus is disclosed for oscillator feedthrough calibration, such as a component arrangement that can be calibrated to account for signal leakage from an oscillator coupled to a mixer circuit. In example aspects, the apparatus includes a mixer circuit having a first stage, a second stage, and tuning circuitry. The first stage includes at least one transistor coupled between a mixer input and a mixer output. The second stage includes one or more transistors coupled between the at least one transistor of the first stage and the mixer output. The one or more transistors are also coupled between a local oscillator signal input and the mixer output. The tuning circuitry includes at least one current source coupled to the at least one transistor of the first stage.

Oscillator feedthrough calibration

An aspect relates to an apparatus including a radio frequency (RF) signal power detector. The RF signal power detector includes a first current source configured to generate a first current based on a power level of a first RF signal; a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) configured to generate a first voltage based on the first current, wherein the TIA is coupled between a first upper voltage rail and a lower voltage rail; and a second current source configured to generate a second current related to the first current, wherein the first and second current sources are coupled in series between a second upper voltage rail and the lower voltage rail.

Radio frequency (RF) signal power detector using different power rails to receive currents from which power-indicating voltage is generated

Designs and techniques for manufacturing microelectronic antenna tuners are provided. An example microelectronic antenna system includes a radio frequency integrated circuit comprising a plurality of radio frequency signal ports disposed in a first area, a plurality of tuning devices disposed in a second area of the radio frequency integrated circuit, at least one antenna element disposed on a substrate coupled to the radio frequency integrated circuit, and at least one feedline disposed in the substrate and configured to communicatively couple the at least one antenna element, at least one of the plurality of tuning devices, and one of the plurality of radio frequency signal ports.

Millimeter wave antenna tuner

Aspects described herein include devices and methods with chain routing of signals for massive antenna arrays. In some aspects, an apparatus is provided that includes a first millimeter wave (mmW) transceiver having a first port, a second port, one or more antenna elements, a plurality of chain mmW transceiver ports, and switching circuitry. The switching circuitry is controllable by control data to route portions of a merged clock and data signal and a merged control and data signal between a first route between the one or more antenna elements and the first port and a second route between the one or more antenna elements and the second port and a third route between the first port and the plurality of chain mmW transceiver ports and a fourth route between the second port and the plurality of chain mmW transceiver ports.

Split chaining for large phase array systems

An apparatus is disclosed for a hybrid wireless transceiver architecture that supports multiple antenna arrays. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a first antenna array, a second antenna array, and a wireless transceiver. The wireless transceiver includes first dedicated circuitry dedicated to the first antenna array and second dedicated circuitry dedicated to the second antenna array. The wireless transceiver also includes shared circuitry that is shared with both the first antenna array and the second antenna array.

Hybrid wireless transceiver architecture that supports multiple antenna arrays

In certain aspects, a method includes receiving a first intermediate frequency (IF) signal and a second IF signal via a common input, upconverting the first IF signal into a first radio frequency (RF) signal, transmitting the first RF signal via a first antenna array, upconverting the second IF signal into a second RF signal, and transmitting the second RF signal via a second antenna array. In a first transit mode, the first RF signal is in a first frequency band and the second RF signal is in a second frequency band, and, in a second transmit mode, the first RF signal and the second RF signal are both in the first frequency band.

Multi-band transmitter

Aspects of the present relate to reflection type phase shifters for radio frequency (RF) wireless devices. Reflection type phase structures in accordance with aspects described herein can improve device performance with compact configurations, such as where magnetic and capacitive coupling is integrated into a device design to integrate interactions between elements for improved phase shifting performance in a compact design with wideband performance.

Compact low-loss reflection type phase shifter

Devices and methods for detection of active return loss for an antenna element of a plurality of antenna elements of a phased array antenna are provided. An exemplary device can convert a voltage differential at an input of a power amplifier (PA) to first current. The device can convert a coupled voltage corresponding to a signal transmitted from the PA to a respective antenna element, to a second current. The device can convert a reflected voltage corresponding to a signal reflected from the respective antenna element, to a third current. The device can convert the first current, the second current, and the third current to an output voltage at a generator output. The device can further have a controller that can adaptively generate codebooks for transmission based on the output voltage.

System and method for active S11 detection in phased array transceivers

An apparatus includes a transformer including a first inductor, a second inductor, and a third inductor. The apparatus also includes a power amplifier having an output coupled to the first inductor, a low-noise amplifier having an input coupled to a first terminal of the third inductor, and a fourth inductor having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the second terminal of the fourth inductor is coupled to a second terminal of the third inductor. The apparatus also includes a switch coupled between the first terminal of the third inductor and the first terminal of the fourth inductor.

Interface for a transceiver

Disclosed aspects relate to methods and apparatus for coexistent radio frequency (RF) systems in a wireless device. Control of a wireless device includes detecting when a turn on signal is issued to a first radio system, and then controlling the second radio system to either modify the operation of receiver circuitry in the second radio system to protect components within that system, or modify transmit circuitry to stop transmissions for protecting components within one radio system potentially affected by transmission from the other radio system in the wireless device. Disclosed also is monitoring of transmission states of the radio systems based on reading messages between the first and second radio systems and issuing a notification message based thereon such that one of the radio systems may suspend monitoring of a transmit channel for permission to transmit in order to reduce power consumption due to such monitoring of the channel.

Controlling coexistent radio systems in a wireless device

An apparatus is disclosed for transceiving signals in multiple modes. In example implementations, an apparatus includes a transceiver that includes a first amplifier; a mixer having at least one input node and at least one output node, with the at least one input node coupled to the first amplifier; and a second amplifier coupled to the at least one output node of the mixer. The transceiver also includes a first register coupled to the first amplifier and a second register coupled to the second amplifier. The transceiver further includes at least one memory realizing a lookup table. The at least one memory is coupled to the first register and the second register. The lookup table includes a first portion corresponding to a first mode of the transceiver and a second portion corresponding to a second mode of the transceiver.

Multimode transceiving

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