Movandi Corporation

Silicon Valley Bank

Sam Gharavi

Ahmadreza Rofougaran

Maryam Rofougaran

Farid Shirinfar

Seunghwan Yoon

Michael Boers

Alfred Grau Besoli

Kartik Sridharan

Stephen Wu

Donghyup Shin

Enver Adas

Zhihui Wang

Franco De Flaviis

Qiyue “Jack” Zou

Alan Wang

Mike Boers

Qiyue Zou

Xianfu Liu

Raghu Mulagada

Brima Babatunde Ibrahim

Walid Nabhane

Mohsen Pourkhaatoun

Wan-Jong Kim

A method in a communication device that includes a system board having a plurality of chips is described. The method includes receiving a lens-guided beam of input radio frequency (RF) signals through a lens, where each chip of the plurality of chip comprises a plurality of antennas, the lens covers a chip of the plurality of chips, adjusting a proximal distance between the lens and the chip such that the proximal distance is less than a focal length of the lens, and substantially equalizing a distribution of a gain from the received lens-guided beam of the input RF signals from a radiation surplus region to a radiation deficient region based on a defined shape of the lens and the proximal distance.

Lens-enhanced communication device

A repeater device for New Radio (NR) communication, includes a baseband processor that establishes a communication link with a base station and decodes control information that is received from the base station through a control channel. The baseband processor further aligns a timing reference of the repeater device with that of an NR cell frame for an uplink or a downlink time division duplex (TDD) switching, based on the decoded control information. The baseband processor further selects and forms one or more donor beams of RF signals at a donor side of the repeater device and one or more service beams of RF signals at a service side of the repeater device, based on the decoded control information and the aligned timing reference with that of the NR cell frame for the uplink or the downlink TDD switching for communication in an NR frequency band.

Repeater device for 5G new radio communication

A system including a plurality of circuits in a first radio frequency (RF) device which are configured to control a plurality of reflector devices based on a set of criteria. The controlled plurality of reflector devices transmit a plurality of RF signals in a specified direction and a specified location of a second RF device within transmission range of the controlled plurality of reflector devices. The plurality of RF signals are transmitted in the specified direction and the specified location of a second RF device based on a request for signal cancellation. The request for the signal cancellation is based on a noise from the second RF device and the plurality of RF signals are cancelled in the specified direction and the specified location of the second RF device.

Signal cancellation in radio frequency (RF) device network

A wireless communications system includes a first transceiver with a first phased array antenna panel having first circularly polarization reconfigurable receive transmit antennas, where the first circularly polarization reconfigurable receive transmit antennas form a first receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a first master chip and form a first transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the first master chip. The wireless communications system may include a second transceiver having second circularly polarization reconfigurable receive transmit antennas where the second circularly polarization reconfigurable receive transmit antennas form a second receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a second master chip, and form a second transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the second master chip.

Wireless transceiver having receive antennas and transmit antennas with orthogonal polarizations in a phased array antenna panel

A communication device includes a system board that includes a plurality of chips. Each chip in plurality of chips includes a plurality of antennas. A system board cover coupled to system board includes a plurality of lenses. Each lens is configured to cover an antenna of plurality of antennas as a radome enclosure. Each lens includes a base and a first tubular membrane coupled to base. A second membrane is coupled to the first tubular membrane. A support structure is coupled to the first tubular membrane. The support structure facilitates coupling of plurality of lenses to system board cover. The system board cover includes a feeder array that includes a plurality of antenna elements that are positioned at a proximal distance from base of a lens and the proximal distance of the system board from the base of the lens is less than a focal length of the lens.

A wireless communications system includes a first transceiver with a first phased array antenna panel having horizontal-polarization receive antennas and vertical-polarization transmit antennas, where the horizontal-polarization receive antennas form a first receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a first master chip, the vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a first transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the first master chip. The wireless communications system may include a second transceiver having vertical-polarization receive antennas and horizontal-polarization transmit antennas in a second phased array antenna panel, where the vertical-polarization receive antennas form a second receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a second master chip, the horizontal-polarization transmit antennas form a second transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the second master chip.

A phased array antenna panel includes a first plurality of antennas, a first radio frequency (RF) front end chip, a second plurality of antennas, a second RF front end chip, and a combiner RF chip. The first and second RF front end chips receive respective first and second input signals from the first and second pluralities of antennas, and produce respective first and second output signals based on the respective first and second input signals. The combiner RF chip can receive the first and second output signals and produce a power combined output signal that is a combination of powers of the first and second output signals. Alternatively, a power combiner can receive the first and second output signals and produce a power combined output signal, and the combiner RF chip can receive the power combined output signal.

Phased array antenna panel having reduced passive loss of received signals

A wireless communication device includes reconfigurable receive transmit antennas having horizontal-polarization antennas and vertical-polarization antennas, where the horizontal-polarization antennas receive or transmit horizontally-polarized signal for a first period of time, where the vertical-polarization antennas transmit or receive vertically-polarized signal for a second period of time, where the horizontal-polarization receive antennas form a receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a master chip, and where the vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the master chip.

An antenna module that includes an antenna substrate, a plurality of three-dimensional (3-D) antenna cells on a first surface of the antenna substrate, a plurality of packaged circuitry on a second surface of the antenna substrate, and a plurality of supporting balls mounted on the second surface of the antenna substrate. The plurality of packaged circuitry includes a plurality of radio-frequency (RF) chips on the second surface of the antenna substrate. Each of the plurality of 3-D antenna cells comprises a raised antenna patch with a plurality of projections and a plurality of supporting legs, where at least a relief cut is provided between one of the plurality of projections and one of the plurality of supporting legs.

Three dimensional antenna array module

An apparatus includes a plurality of antenna modules and a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of holes embedded with a heat sink. Each antenna module includes an antenna substrate, a plurality of three-dimensional (3-D) antenna cells mounted on a first surface of the antenna substrate, and a plurality of packaged circuitry mounted on a second surface of the antenna substrate. The plurality of packaged circuitry are electrically connected with the plurality of 3-D antenna cells. Each of the plurality of antenna modules is mounted on a plurality of portions of the heat sink such that a corresponding packaged circuitry of the plurality of packaged circuitry is in a direct contact with the plurality of portions of the heat sink embedded within the plurality of holes.

An active repeater device includes a primary sector and at least a secondary sector communicatively coupled to the primary sector receives or transmits a first beam of input RF signals having a first beam pattern from or to a base station, respectively. The primary sector includes an baseband signal processor and a first radio head (RH) unit. The secondary sector comprises a second RH unit. Beamforming coefficients are generated to convert the first beam pattern of the first beam of input RF signals to a second beam pattern based on a location of each of a plurality of user equipment (UEs). A second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern is transmitted from or received by, respectively, the secondary sector to or from, respectively, the plurality of UEs based on the generated beamforming coefficients and the received first beam of input RF signals.

Active repeater device for operational mode based beam pattern changes for communication with a plurality of user equipment

A communication device includes a donor receiver that receives a first beam of input radio frequency (RF) signals from a base station or a network node. The communication device further includes a service transmitter that transmits a second beam of RF signals in a first radiation pattern to a user equipment (UE). The communication device further includes control circuitry that detects an amount and a direction of echo signals at the donor receiver. The control circuitry applies polarization to the second beam of RF signals transmitted to the UE and calibrates the polarization to minimize the echo signals at the donor receiver. A second radiation pattern is generated for the second beam of RF signals and communicated to the UE based on the calibrated polarization. The communication of the second beam of RF signals in the generated second radiation pattern further reduces the echo signals at the donor receiver.

Communication device and method for echo signals management

A communication device includes a service transmitter (Tx) configured to transmit a second beam of RF signals in a first radiation pattern to a user equipment (UE). The communication device further includes a control circuitry configured to: detect an amount and direction of echo signals at the donor receiver Rx corresponding to reflected RF signals in an environment surrounding a communication device; determine an installation location for the communication device based on echo signal measurements at one or more different locations; adjust polarization of the second beam of RF signals to minimize the echo signals at the donor receiver Rx based on the echo signal; and generate a second radiation pattern for at least the second beam of RF signals based on the amount and direction of the echo signals in the environment detected at the donor receiver Rx.

A communication device includes a system board that includes a plurality of chips. Each chip in plurality of chips includes a plurality of antennas. A system cover coupled to system board includes a plurality of lenses. Each lens is configured to cover an antenna of plurality of antennas as a radome enclosure. Each lens includes a base, and a first tubular membrane coupled to base. A second membrane coupled to first tubular membrane. First tubular membrane and Second membrane cause the lens to have a bell shape. A support structure coupled to first tubular membrane. Support structure facilitates coupling of plurality of lenses to system cover. Each chip comprises a feeder array that further comprises a plurality of antenna elements that are positioned at a proximal distance from base of a lens, A distribution of a gain of input RF signals is substantially equalized across plurality of antenna elements.

A communication device that establishes a short-range wireless communication link with a user equipment (UE) or a mobile UE that is in a specified proximal range of the communication device and acquire control information of signal synchronization blocks from the at least one UE over the short-range wireless communication link. The communication device detects whether a first new radio (NR) carrier is assigned to the FWA UE or the mobile UE which is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state over LTE network, without using the communication device. The communication device controls assignment of a second NR carrier to the mobile UE for non-standalone initial access to a beam of RF data signals in the second NR carrier at the mobile UE.

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Sam Gharavi