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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2021
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pranav Iyengar, San Diego, CA (US);

Liang Zhao, Saratoga, CA (US);

Daniel Carolin, San Diego, CA (US);

Rayman Wai Pon, Cupertino, CA (US);

Angelica Wong, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2013.01); H04B 1/0035 (2013.01); H04B 1/0042 (2013.01); H04B 2001/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract

A radio-frequency signal preconditioning method includes: receiving, at a radio-frequency signal preconditioning apparatus from an antenna, a radio-frequency signal; selectively providing, at the radio-frequency signal preconditioning apparatus, any of a plurality of gains to the radio-frequency signal to produce an output signal, the plurality of gains spanning a first range; and providing, from the radio-frequency signal preconditioning apparatus, the output signal to a conversion circuit configured to convert the output signal from an analog signal at a radio frequency to a digital signal at a baseband frequency, the conversion circuit having a dynamic range spanning a second range that is smaller than the first range.


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