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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J. O'Dea, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Robert E. Stengel, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 2/503 ; H04L 2/720 ; H04L 2/736 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 2/503 ; H04L 2/720 ; H04L 2/736 ;
Abstract
A modulated signal, having a varying magnitude signal envelope, is conditioned, such as to facilitate amplification ( ). Minimum values are determined values for portions of the signal envelope ( ), and a window expansion function applied to scale each portion of the signal envelope having a minimum value below a particular threshold, such that each scaled portion has a new minimum value of at least the particular threshold ( ).