Apple Inc.

Xuefeng Zhao

Wassim El-Hassan

Srinivasa Yasasvy Sateesh Bhamidipati

Vineet Nayak

Daphne Irene Gorman

Gurusubrahmaniyan Subrahmaniyan Radhakrishnan

Bassel Husam Alesh

Xiaohui Gong

A radio frequency device includes antennas, transmitters, power detectors, a memory storing instructions and an antenna gain lookup table, and processors. The processors execute instructions that include instructing the transmitters to send transmission signals through the antennas to form a first beamformed signal having a first beam direction and a first frequency using multiple input powers. The instructions include determining radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) gains associated with the transmitters based on the transmission signals using the power detectors. Moreover, the instructions include determining the antenna gains for the antennas based on the first beam direction and the first frequency of the first beamformed signal, and the antenna gain lookup table. The instructions also include determining total gains based on the RFIC gains and the antenna gains, and adjusting the input powers based on the total gains and a back off power signal.

Radio frequency handset calibration based on antenna gain

Wireless network interfaces that are capable of transmitting and/or receiving beamformed radiofrequency (RF) signals may be assisted by the use of codebooks. Electronic devices with memory to store a database of codebooks may be used to increase the number of entries available for operation. The database of codebooks may employ environmental parameters to improve efficiency of the wireless network interface. Methods for calibration of electronic devices and/or adjustment and selection of codebooks based on the parameters are also described. The calibration may employ a testing chamber that measure powers at in a limited number of angles.

Dynamic antenna weight vector codebooks

An electronic device has multiple transmitters to transmit multiple signals. The electronic device also has a receiver to receive a signal. Moreover, the electronic device has a memory to store instructions and a processor to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to send a test transmission signal from a transmitter of the multiple of transmitters, receive the test transmission signal at the receiver, and determine a gain of the test transmission signal. In response to determining that the gain is within a threshold range of an initial gain, the instructions cause the processor to send an indication that the receiver is operating as expected.

Systems and methods for radio frequency head validation via antenna coupling or signal reflection

Codebook updates for a linear system using superposition

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Xuefeng Zhao