Qualcomm Incorporated

Wi-lan Inc.

Intel Corporation

Via Telecom Co., Ltd.

Mobilian Corporation

Robert P Gilmore

Lei Wang

Kenneth L Stanwood

Ron Porat

Yair Bourlas

Paul W Piggin

Ramon Khalona

Gene Wesley Marsh

Yang Du

Wenqing Wu

Seung Hyuk Kang

Mustafa Keskin

Kambiz Samadi

Kendrick H Yuen

Shreepad Amar Panth

Bongyong Song

Xiaochun Zhu

Matthew Michael Nowak

Daniel Fred Filipovic

Ernest Tadashi Ozaki

Jeffrey Alexander Levin

Udara Fernando

Insung Kang

James H Thompson

Elimelech Ganchrow

Eyosias Yoseph Imana

Seunghwan Kim

Assaf Aviv

Vasanthan Raghavan

Ashwin Sampath

Jung Pill Kim

Mohammad Ali Tassoudji

Joseph Patrick Burke

Vladimir Aparin

Ephraim Zehavi

Louis Dominic Oliveira

Muhammed Ibrahim Sezan

Kendrick Hoy Leong Yuen

Senthil Kumar Govindaswamy

David W Hansquine

Peiyuan Wang

Nicholas K Yu

William Ronald Panton

Raghu Sagar Madala

Jeff A Levin

Eric C Kulberg

Paul Brian Sheehy

Stephen B Tidwell

Khalid Junaid Sidiqi

Nicholas Ka Ming Yu

James Gilb

Daniel George Laramie

Hani Ahmad-Assi

Robert Wentworth

Gene W March

Multiple channels are aggregated. In an example embodiment, first data is transmitted on a first channel to a wireless device, and second data is simultaneously transmitted on a second channel to the wireless device. The first data and the second data are transmitted in a coordinated manner by aggregating the first channel and the second channel. Various example channel characteristics and combinations thereof are described. Different data allocation options for aggregated channels are described. Other alternative implementations are also presented herein.

Multi-band channel aggregation

Methods and apparatus for distinguishing between an antenna of a user equipment (UE) being blocked by a cover (e.g., a protective rubber or plastic case) or by human tissue (e.g., a finger or palm). The transmission power of uplink (UL) signals may be adjusted accordingly, with relatively higher transmission power for open space or a cover and relatively lower transmission power for human tissue. One example method for wireless communications by a UE generally includes transmitting a first signal from the UE, receiving a plurality of signals at the UE based on the transmitted first signal, determining values for at least two different types of parameters based on the received plurality of signals, determining an environmental scenario for the UE based on the values for the at least two different types of parameters, and transmitting a second signal using a transmission power based on the determined environmental scenario.

Methods and apparatus for user equipment to differentiate human grip from protective covers

An antenna system includes: a first patch antenna element that is electrically conductive; a first energy coupler configured to convey first energy to, or receive the first energy from, the first patch antenna element, the first energy being in a first frequency band; a second patch antenna element at least partially overlapping the first patch antenna element, the second patch antenna element comprising a plurality of physically separate portions that are each electrically conductive; and a second energy coupler connected to a first subset of the plurality of physically separate portions, the first subset comprising less than all of the plurality of physically separate portions, the second energy coupler configured to convey second energy to, or receive the second energy from, the first subset, the second energy being in a second frequency band that is higher than the first frequency band.

Multi-band antenna system

A user equipment (UE) may communicate using different radio access technologies on adjacent frequency bands. The UE may determine that the UE is not receiving wireless signals for a second radio access technology that utilizes a second frequency band adjacent to a first frequency band for a first radio access technology. The UE may place a transmitter of the UE in a filter bypass mode in which a transmit signal bypasses a transmit filter for the first radio access technology in response to determining that the wireless signals for the second radio access technology are not received. The UE may scan, using a receiver for the second radio access technology, while in the filter bypass mode, the second frequency band for a signal for the second radio access technology between scheduled transmissions for the first radio access technology.

Transmit filter bypass mode scanning

An antenna system includes: a first patch antenna element that is electrically conductive; a first energy coupler configured to convey first energy to or from the first patch antenna element; a second patch antenna element at least partially overlapping the first patch antenna element, the second patch antenna element defining a first slot through the second patch antenna element; and a second energy coupler configured to convey second energy to, or receive the second energy from, the first slot or a first dipole at least partially overlapping the first slot.

A hard macro includes a periphery defining a hard macro area and having a top and a bottom and a hard macro thickness from the top to the bottom, the hard macro including a plurality of vias extending through the hard macro thickness from the top to the bottom. Also an integrated circuit having a top layer, a bottom layer and at least one middle layer, the top layer including a top layer conductive trace, the middle layer including a hard macro and the bottom layer including a bottom layer conductive trace, wherein the top layer conductive trace is connected to the bottom layer conductive trace by a via extending through the hard macro.

Hard macro having blockage sites, integrated circuit including same and method of routing through a hard macro

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to radio frequency (RF) front-end circuitry. For example, certain aspects provide an apparatus having a first converter circuit configured to upconvert a first baseband (BB) signal to a first RF signal based on a mode of operation, and a second converter circuit configured to upconvert a second BB signal to a second RF signal based on the mode of operation. The apparatus also includes a first RF weight adjustment circuit configured to selectively apply an amplitude weight or a phase weight to at least one of the first RF signal or the second RF signal based on the mode of operation, and a controller configured to control a power state of the second converter circuit in dependence on the mode of operation.

Dynamically adjustable radio-frequency (RF) front-end

A hard macro includes a periphery defining a hard macro area and having a top and a bottom and a hard macro thickness from the top to the bottom, the hard macro including a plurality of vias extending through the hard macro thickness from the top to bottom. Also an integrated circuit having a top layer, a bottom layer and at least one middle layer, the top layer including a top layer conductive trace, the middle layer including a hard macro and the bottom layer including a bottom layer conductive trace, wherein the top layer conductive trace is connected to the bottom layer conductive trace by a via extending through the hard macro.

The present application relates to acquiring sensor data at a user equipment (UE). The described aspects include receiving a first input representing a request to activate one or more sensors. The described aspects further include activating, by a controller at the UE, the one or more sensors in response to receiving the first input. Further, the described aspects include receiving the sensor data from each of the one or more sensors in response to activating the one or more sensors. The described aspects include determining whether a sensor adjustment condition has been satisfied. Additionally, the described aspects include adjusting an acquisition characteristic of the one or more sensors based on determining that the sensor adjustment condition has been satisfied.

Sensor data acquisition in a user equipment

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus detects a level of power received from each of a plurality of sources. The apparatus directs the power received from a first source to a charging circuit and directs the power received from at least a second source to the charging circuit. The apparatus directs the power received from the first source to the charging circuit by comparing the detected level of the power with a threshold and directing the power to the charging circuit based on a result of the comparison. The apparatus directs the power received from the at least a second source to the charging circuit by comparing the detected level of the power with the threshold and directing the power to the charging circuit based on a result of the comparison.

Faster battery charging in consumer electronic devices

In one embodiment, an electronic device includes an audio connector port comprising a ground terminal and one or more audio output terminals, a first audio amplifier coupled to one of the audio output terminals, and a multiplexer having an output terminal coupled to the input terminal of the first audio amplifier. Sense circuits inside the electronic device may be alternately coupled through the multiplexer and first audio amplifier so that, in a first mode of operation, the multiplexer couples the audio signal to the first audio output terminal, and in a second mode of operation, the multiplexer couples an analog voltage corresponding to an internally sensed value to the first audio output terminal. Use of the audio connector and audio circuitry to access internal electrical parameters may facilitate testing and analysis of internal systems.

Audio interface circuits and methods

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