Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090003493 | CORRECTING FOR CARRIER FREQUENCY OFFSET IN MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A multi-carrier (MC) receiver receives a multi-carrier signal containing data symbols as well as pilot symbols. The MC receiver estimates a carrier frequency offset in a downconverted base-band multi-carrier signal in the frequency domain based on deviations of one or more characteristics of the pilot signals from predetermined values, and corrects for the offset in the time domain. In an embodiment, a second order phase locked loop (PLL) estimates the phase of the pilot signals to determine the carrier frequency offset. Changes in pilot phases caused due to the time domain correction are cancelled to allow the PLL to minimize deviations from the lock position. | 01-01-2009 |
20090252269 | DIGITAL RADIO PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE WITH REDUCED DCO MODULATION RANGE REQUIREMENT - A method of achieving reduced modulation range requirement in a Digitally Controlled Oscillator (DCO) which is deployed as part of a DRP (Digital Radio Processor) and tuned to a tuning frequency range having operating-channel center-frequencies, wherein phase difference between consecutive samples is termed as FCW (Frequency Control Word), uses the steps of digitally modifying and limiting the FCW so that the FCW does not exceed known FCW thresholds, e.g., chosen from π/2, π/4, π/8, and redistributing the FCWs while maintaining a cumulative sum of phases and without significant EVM (Error Vector Magnitude) degradation. The FCW threshold can be chosen arbitrarily and need not be in the form of π/2 | 10-08-2009 |
20100036460 | PARALLEL SEARCH CIRCUIT FOR A MEDICAL IMPLANT RECEIVER - Parallel search circuit for a medical implant receiver. The circuit includes a radio frequency receiver that receives a first set of contents of a band of channels. The circuit also includes a processing circuit coupled to the radio frequency receiver to process in parallel a second set of contents of a plurality of channels of the band of channels and to detect a signal in the band of channels. | 02-11-2010 |
20100119020 | Blanking Techniques in Receivers - An aspect of the present invention detects the presence of interference by examining an input signal received on an input path, and blanks the receiver if interference is detected. Information contained in the input signal may be recovered otherwise. In an embodiment, the duty cycle of a jamming signal is determined by examining the input signal, and a threshold strength having a positive correlation with the duty cycle is determined. If the strength of the jamming signal during the on-interval (start and end of the interference in each cycle) is greater than the threshold strength, then only the receiver is blanked. Otherwise, no blanking is performed, and only the gain of an amplifier in the path from the input path to a baseband processor is reduced. According to another aspect, one or more cycles of the interference is used to detect the start of interference and the receiver is blanked when interference is present. | 05-13-2010 |
20110026651 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL IN A RECEIVER - Automatic gain control in a receiver. A method for controlling operating range of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) by an automatic gain control circuit includes estimating a peak-to-average ratio corresponding to an analog signal from digital samples of the analog signal. The method includes determining a peak value corresponding to the analog signal based on the peak-to-average ratio. Further, the method includes maintaining magnitude of the analog signal at an input of the ADC and gain of the receiver based on the peak value. | 02-03-2011 |
20110051639 | DYNAMIC LOW POWER RADIO MODES - A receiver in a packet based communication system includes a programmable block and a detection block that detects at least one of an operating condition of the receiver and a protocol condition of the communication system. Further, the receiver includes a control circuit coupled to the programmable block that controls the programmable block to transition to a set of radio modes according to at least one of the operating condition and the protocol condition. | 03-03-2011 |
20110103432 | ENHANCED CROSS CORRELATION DETECTION OR MITIGATION CIRCUITS, PROCESSES, DEVICES, RECEIVERS AND SYSTEMS - A receiver ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110187596 | RECEIVERS, CIRCUITS, AND METHODS TO IMPROVE GNSS TIME-TO-FIX AND OTHER PERFORMANCES - An electronic circuit ( | 08-04-2011 |
20110248757 | DIGITAL CALIBRATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HIGH SPEED DIGITAL SYSTEMS - A digital calibration device and method for a high speed digital system. A digital calibration device coupled to a timing device in a high speed digital system for digitally calibrating the timing device includes a delay estimator, a control logic, and a digitally controlled load unit. In operation, the delay estimator calculates a delay value indicative of a timing delay between a first output and a second output of a timing device of the high speed digital system. Further, the control logic generates a control signal based on the delay value. Furthermore, the digitally controlled load unit applies at least one of a first load to a non-delayed line and a second load to a delayed line of the timing device based on the control signal to calibrate a timing delay between the non-delayed line and the delayed line of the timing device. | 10-13-2011 |
20120169538 | ENHANCING SEARCH CAPACITY OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) RECEIVERS - Enhancing search capacity of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. A method for searching satellite signals in a receiver includes performing a plurality of searches sequentially. The method also includes storing a result from each search of the plurality of searches in a consecutive section of a memory. Further, the method includes detecting free sections in the memory. The method also includes concatenating the free sections in the memory to yield a concatenated free section. Moreover, the method includes allocating the concatenated free section for performing an additional search. | 07-05-2012 |
20120319899 | DYNAMIC SWITCHING TO BIT-SYNCHRONOUS INTEGRATION TO IMPROVE GPS SIGNAL DETECTION - A method includes determining a bit edge associated with information transmitted through a satellite during a detection operation of a receiver through a processor associated therewith. The method also includes dynamically switching, through the processor, a mode of a signal acquisition of the receiver from a current integration mode of operation of a measurement to a bit-synchronous integration mode of operation of the measurement using a processor when the bit edge is determined. | 12-20-2012 |
20130016010 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SATELLITE SIGNALSAANM Nayyar; Jasbir SinghAACI PunjabAACO INAAGP Nayyar; Jasbir Singh Punjab INAANM Tangudu; JawaharlalAACI BangaloreAACO INAAGP Tangudu; Jawaharlal Bangalore INAANM Ramasubramanian; KarthikAACI BangaloreAACO INAAGP Ramasubramanian; Karthik Bangalore IN - A GNSS receiver includes at least one buffer and at least one correlator block. The at least one buffer stores a plurality of samples corresponding to a received signal. The at least one correlator block includes a Doppler derotation block configured to perform Doppler derotation corresponding to at least one Doppler frequency on the plurality of samples, a register array configured to be loaded with the plurality of samples on Doppler derotation corresponding to a Doppler frequency of the at least one Doppler frequency, and a correlator engine configured to generate correlation results by correlating the plurality of samples in the register array with a plurality of code phases for at least one GNSS satellite. A presence of at least one GNSS satellite signal may be detected based on coherent accumulation and a non-coherent accumulation of the correlation results. | 01-17-2013 |
20130034127 | Systems and Methods of Dynamic Spur Mitigation for Wireless Receivers - Example embodiments of the systems and methods of dynamic spur mitigation for wireless receivers disclosed herein comprise one or more of a detection module for detecting the presence of a spur and a determination of its frequency, a complex notch filter chain, and a frequency locked loop which ensures that the input spur is notch filtered even if it drifts after detection. When a spur is detected, the frequency of the tone is determined. The spur is then filtered, for example using a phase rotator and a DC separator. The phase rotation is removed in a subsequent stage. The non-DC component from the DC separator is used to track the spur to compensate for any shifting or drifting in the spur. | 02-07-2013 |
20130099967 | CLOCK DRIFT PROFILE DETERMINATION IN NAVIGATION SYSTEM RECEIVERS - Navigation system receiver, and test circuits and methods for determining drift profile of a receiver clock in the navigation system receiver are disclosed. In an embodiment, the navigation system receiver includes a clock source configured to generate a receiver clock for the navigation system receiver and a test circuit. The test circuit is configured to facilitate determination of a drift profile associated with the receiver clock based on detection and tracking of a test signal received by the test circuit, where the test signal comprises at least one continuous wave (CW) signal. | 04-25-2013 |
20130136154 | CIRCUITS, DEVICES, AND PROCESSES FOR IMPROVED POSITIONING SATELLITE RECEPTION AND OTHER SPREAD SPECTRUM RECEPTION - An integrated circuit for facilitating spread spectrum reception of data having a data bit period includes an hypothesis search circuit ( | 05-30-2013 |
20130222181 | ENHANCING SEARCH CAPACITY OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) RECEIVERS - Enhancing search capacity of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. A method for searching satellite signals in a receiver includes performing a plurality of searches sequentially. The method also includes storing a result from each search of the plurality of searches in a consecutive section of a memory. Further, the method includes detecting free sections in the memory. The method also includes concatenating the free sections in the memory to yield a concatenated free section. Moreover, the method includes allocating the concatenated free section for performing an additional search. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227377 | RECEIVERS, CIRCUITS, AND METHODS TO IMPROVE GNSS TIME-TO-FIX AND OTHER PERFORMANCES - An electronic circuit ( | 08-29-2013 |
20130229305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SATELLITE SIGNALS - A GNSS receiver configured to detect a presence of at least one GNSS satellite signal in a received signal is provided. The GNSS receiver includes a buffer loaded with sample sets corresponding to the received signal and a Doppler derotation block configured to perform a Doppler derotation corresponding to at least one Doppler frequency on a sample set received from the buffer. The GNSS receiver further includes an accumulator block configured to perform a coherent accumulation of a plurality of sample sets upon or subsequent to the Doppler derotation corresponding to a Doppler frequency, and, a first memory configured to store the results of the coherent accumulation. A register array is configured to be loaded with the results stored in the first memory and a correlator engine is configured to generate correlation results by correlating the results in the register array with a plurality of code phases of GNSS satellites. | 09-05-2013 |
20140035784 | ENHANCING SEARCH CAPACITY OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) RECEIVERS - Enhancing search capacity of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. A method for searching satellite signals in a receiver includes performing a plurality of searches sequentially. The method also includes storing a result from each search of the plurality of searches in a consecutive section of a memory. Further, the method includes detecting free sections in the memory. The method also includes concatenating the free sections in the memory to yield a concatenated free section. Moreover, the method includes allocating the concatenated free section for performing an additional search. | 02-06-2014 |
20140036978 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL IN A RECEIVER - Automatic gain control in a receiver. A method for controlling operating range of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) by an automatic gain control circuit includes estimating a peak-to-average ratio corresponding to an analog signal from digital samples of the analog signal. The method includes determining a peak value corresponding to the analog signal based on the peak-to-average ratio. Further, the method includes maintaining magnitude of the analog signal at an input of the ADC and gain of the receiver based on the peak value. | 02-06-2014 |
20140301508 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL IN A RECEIVER - Automatic gain control in a receiver. A method for controlling operating range of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) by an automatic gain control circuit includes estimating a peak-to-average ratio corresponding to an analog signal from digital samples of the analog signal. The method includes determining a peak value corresponding to the analog signal based on the peak-to-average ratio. Further, the method includes maintaining magnitude of the analog signal at an input of the ADC and gain of the receiver based on the peak value. | 10-09-2014 |
20140354475 | MITIGATION OF SPURIOUS SIGNALS IN GNSS RECEIVERS - A method of processing received satellite signals is provided. The method includes detecting frequency, power level, code phase and doppler frequency of a plurality of satellite signals and frequency and power level of a plurality of spurious signals. The plurality of spurious signals is ranked based on one or more ranking parameters. A first subset of the plurality of spurious signals which are ranked equal or above a threshold rank are processed through a plurality of notch filters and a second subset of the plurality of spurious signals which are ranked below the threshold rank are processed through a weeding filter. | 12-04-2014 |
20150015438 | METHOD TO IMPROVE SATELLITE SIGNAL DETECTION - A method of acquiring a satellite signal in a GNSS receiver includes multiplying a received signal with a hypothesized doppler frequency signal to generate a frequency shifted signal. A PN code sequence signal is multiplied with the frequency shifted signal to generate a PN wiped signal. A windowing function signal is multiplied with the PN wiped signal to generate a windowed signal. The windowed signal is integrated coherently for a first predefined time to generate a coherent accumulated data. | 01-15-2015 |
20150085901 | CIRCUITS, DEVICES, AND PROCESSES FOR IMPROVED POSITIONING SATELLITE RECEPTION AND OTHER SPREAD SPECTRUM RECEPTION - An integrated circuit for facilitating spread spectrum reception of data having a data bit period includes an hypothesis search circuit ( | 03-26-2015 |