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443 results about "Signal envelope" patented technology

Integrated transceiver with envelope tracking

A transceiver comprises an amplifying circuit for amplifying an input signal to produce an output signal. A power supply is operable for varying the level of power supplied to the amplifying circuit in response to variation of an input signal envelope directed to the power supply. A processing circuit is operable for digitally detecting the input signal envelope to provide variation of the power supply level. The processing circuit is further operable for digitally delaying the digital input signal envelope to time align the power supply level with the input signal.
Owner:COMMSCOPE TECH LLC

Wireless local area network repeater with in-band control channel

A frequency translating repeater (200) for use in a WLAN environment includes an in-band management link. A signal received on an antenna (300) is split to provide signal detection in a detection and control unit (385) wherein detection is performed by detectors (370, 371) filters (375, 376), converters (380, 381) and a processor (385). Delay is added using delay lines (360, 361). The in-band signal envelope may be modulated with variable gain amplifier (330) and demodulated with detectors (370, 371) to establish the management link with higher protocol layer capability. Alternatively, a modern function at least partially compliant to 802.11 modulation may be used in parallel with the frequency translating repeater.
Owner:QUALCOMM INC

High efficiency modulating RF amplifier

A high efficiency modulating RF amplifier (10) for amplitude modulating a signal defined by a phase information signal (1) and an envelope signal (2) comprises a power supply (30) arranged to provide an operating voltage under control of the envelope signal (2). The power supply (30) comprises a plurality of power supply stages (40) and a plurality of supply switches (50) coupled between the plurality of power supply stages (40) and the modulator (20). The power supply (30) is arranged to select one of the power supply stages (40) to provide the operating voltage under control of the envelope signal (2). The high efficiency modulator RF amplifier further comprises a modulator (20) for receiving the phase information signal (1), the envelope signal (2) and the operating voltage. The modulator (20) is arranged to provide an output signal of which an amplitude is modulated under control of the envelope signal (2).
Owner:KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV

Polar envelope correction mechanism for enhancing linearity of RF/microwave power amplifier

Linearity of an RF / microwave power amplifier is enhanced by an amplitude and phase distortion correction mechanism based upon signal envelope feedback, that operates directly on the RF signal passing through the power amplifier. A phase-amplitude controller responds to changes in gain and phase through the RF / microwave power amplifier signal path caused by changes in RF input power, DC power supply voltages, time, temperature and other variables, and controls the operation of a gain and phase adjustment circuit, so as to maintain constant gain and transmission phase through the RF / microwave power amplifier.
Owner:INTEL CORP

On frequency repeater with AGC stability determination

An on frequency repeater for wireless networks with feedback oscillation detection is disclosed. The on frequency repeater includes an automatic gain control loop which samples amplified signal envelope. The automatic gain control loop is monitored and a characteristic saw tooth pattern in the gain control loop indicating feedback oscillation is detected. A nonlinear gain expander circuit may be periodically activated to allow feedback oscillation detection in repeater applications employing linearized amplifiers.
Owner:INTEL CORP

Temporal and spatial shaping of multi-channel audio signals

A selected channel of a multi-channel signal which is represented by frames composed from sampling values having a high time resolution can be encoded with higher quality when a wave form parameter representation representing a wave form of an intermediate resolution representation of the selected channel is derived, the wave form parameter representation including a sequence of intermediate wave form parameters having a time resolution lower than the high time resolution of the sampling values and higher than a time resolution defined by a frame repetition rate. The wave form parameter representation with the intermediate resolution can be used to shape a reconstructed channel to retrieve a channel having a signal envelope close to that one of the selected original channel. The time scale on which the shaping is performed is shorter than the time scale of a framewise processing, thus enhancing the quality of the reconstructed channel. On the other hand, the shaping time scale is larger than the time scale of the sampling values, significantly reducing the amount of data needed by the wave form parameter representation.
Owner:AVAGO TECH WIRELESS IP SINGAPORE PTE +2

Method and apparatus for performing seek operations in a disk drive having a disk surface with spiral servo information written thereon

The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for performing seek operations in a disk drive having a disk surface with spiral servo information written thereon. In one embodiment, a disk surface is provided with a read head associated therewith. The disk surface has spiral servo information written thereon. The read head generates a read signal envelope when reading the spiral servo information. A plurality of integration windows is provided. The plurality of integration windows have a standard interval therebetween. A position error signal is generated based upon a location of a read signal envelope within an integration window. The interval between adjacent integration windows is adjusted from the standard interval to generate a position error signal. The read head is moved in a radial direction based upon the position error signal. This process may be repeated to seek across the disk surface.
Owner:MAXTOR

Integrated transceiver with envelope tracking

A transceiver comprises an amplifying circuit for amplifying an input signal to produce an output signal. A power supply is operable for varying the level of power supplied to the amplifying circuit in response to variation of an input signal envelope directed to the power supply. A processing circuit is operable for digitally detecting the input signal envelope to provide variation of the power supply level. The processing circuit is further operable for digitally delaying the digital input signal envelope to time align the power supply level with the input signal.
Owner:ANDREW LLC

Method for offset-modulation orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission with cyclic prefix

The invention relates to the offset-modulation orthogonal frequency division multiplexing and multicast communication with a cyclic prefix, which comprises a transmitted signal producing method at the transmitting end and a received signal processing method at the receiving end. The method comprises the following steps of: carrying out the generalized discrete Fourier transform on real value digital baseband modulation signs at the transmitting end to obtain frequency-domain signals; carrying out the conjugate symmetrical expansion, the frequency-domain filtering and the sub-carrier mapping on the frequency-domain signals; carrying out the inverse fast Fourier transform on the frequency-domain signals obtained after the sub-carrier mapping; inserting the cyclic prefix to obtain time-domain transmitted signals; removing the cyclic prefix at the receiving end; carrying out the fast Fourier transform on the signals with the cyclic prefix removed to obtain frequency-domain received signals; and carrying out the iterative detection decoding based on the multi-user combined frequency-domain balance on the frequency-domain received signals. The invention obtains the low signal envelope fluctuation performance under the condition of maintaining the frequency spectrum efficiency, and the transmission reliability is ensured in lower complexity by the iterative received signal processing method based on the multi-user combined frequency-domain balance.
Owner:HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

Method and apparatus for dynamic placement of an integration window in a disk drive having a disk surface with spiral servo information written thereon

The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for dynamic placement of an integration window in a disk drive having a disk surface with spiral servo information written thereon. A read head is provided for reading the spiral servo information and generating a read signal envelope. A repetitive spiral position error, associated with one spiral of the spiral servo information, is measured. Placement of an integration window is dynamically adjusted based upon the measured repetitive spiral position error, so that a read signal envelope read by the read head appears more towards the center of the integration window than if the placement of the integration window was not dynamically adjusted. By adjusting the placement of the integration window, dynamic range is increased without increasing the size of the integration window.
Owner:MAXTOR

Envelope tracking for high power amplifiers

Disclosed herein are circuits, devices and methods that address challenges associated with power amplifier systems. A power amplifier system includes two or more fast error amplifiers coupled to corresponding power amplifiers. The fast error amplifiers are configured to generate envelope tracking signals based on a signal envelope, the envelope tracking signals modifying a DC-DC regulated voltage from a DC-DC converter to more efficiently operate the power amplifiers. By splitting the envelope tracking between two or more fast error amplifiers and amplification between corresponding two or more power amplifiers, the power, frequency or bandwidth, linearity, signal-to-noise ratio, efficiency, or the like of the power amplifier system can be improved. Wireless communications configurations with such power amplifier systems can provide uplink carrier aggregation and / or cellular signals based on standards and protocols that require increased bandwidth and / or power.
Owner:SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC

Transmitter with an envelope tracking power amplifier utilizing digital predistortion of the signal envelope

A transmitter comprises an amplifier operable for receiving an input signal and amplifying the input signal to produce an output signal. A power supply is coupled to the amplifier for supplying power to the amplifier, the power supply operable for tracking the input signal and varying the level of power supplied to the amplifier in response to variation of the input signal. A predistortion circuit is coupled to the power supply, the predistortion circuit operable for receiving the input signal and predistorting the input signal to the power supply for addressing input signal tracking capabilities of the power supply.
Owner:ANDREW LLC

Positioning system, device, and method for in-flight refueling

A positioning system, device, and method are provided to facilitate the in-flight positioning of two aircraft relative to one another such that a second aircraft is guided to an in-flight refueling position relative to a first aircraft. The system, device, and method of the present invention provide a signal emitted from a positioning device carried by the first aircraft, wherein the signal defines a signal envelope containing the in-flight refueling position. The signal is adapted to be receivable by the second aircraft such that the signal may guide the second aircraft to the in-flight refueling position relative to the first aircraft.
Owner:THE BOEING CO

Envelope Specific Stimulus Timing

An implantable stimulation arrangement is described for generating electrode stimulation signals for an implanted electrode array having stimulation electrodes. A filter bank pre-processor processes an input acoustic audio signal to generate band pass signals each corresponding to an associated band of audio frequencies. A signal envelope module computes a corresponding signal envelope for each band pass signal. A stimulation pulse generator extracts stimulation signal information from the rate of change of the signal envelopes such as a time-based derivative to generate stimulation event signals defining electrode stimulation timings and amplitudes for some or all of the stimulation electrodes.
Owner:MED EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH

On frequency repeater with AGC stability determination

An on frequency repeater for wireless networks with feedback oscillation detection is disclosed. The on frequency repeater includes an automatic gain control loop which samples amplified signal envelope. The automatic gain control loop is monitored and a characteristic saw tooth pattern in the gain control loop indicating feedback oscillation is detected. A nonlinear gain expander circuit may be periodically activated to allow feedback oscillation detection in repeater applications employing linearized amplifiers.
Owner:INTEL CORP

Temporal and spatial shaping of multi-channel audio signals

A selected channel of a multi-channel signal which is represented by frames composed from sampling values having a high time resolution can be encoded with higher quality when a wave form parameter representation representing a wave form of an intermediate resolution representation of the selected channel is derived, the wave form parameter representation including a sequence of intermediate wave form parameters having a time resolution lower than the high time resolution of the sampling values and higher than a time resolution defined by a frame repetition rate. The wave form parameter representation with the intermediate resolution can be used to shape a reconstructed channel to retrieve a channel having a signal envelope close to that one of the selected original channel. The time scale on which the shaping is performed is shorter than the time scale of a framewise processing, thus enhancing the quality of the reconstructed channel. On the other hand, the shaping time scale is larger than the time scale of the sampling values, significantly reducing the amount of data needed by the wave form parameter representation.
Owner:FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV +1

Dynamic range improvements of load modulated amplifiers

The present invention relates to methods and devices to control and operate the functionality of a power amplifier system (100) capable of operating in at least three differential amplification modes. The drive signal's amplitude envelope controls an integrated switch network (104; 105, 106) that routes both the signal envelope and signal phase to different modulation blocks (111, 112: 109, 110: 115). Depending on the envelope strength, the operational mode of the amplifier system is possible to alter to best serve the signal statistics to provide the highest overall power efficiency.
Owner:TELEFON AB LM ERICSSON (PUBL)

Method and apparatus for using navigation signal information for geoencryption to enhance security

A data encryption and decryption system securely geoencrypts data using location-dependent navigation signals. To increase the entropy of the cryptographic key to guard against a brute-force attack, geoencryption is made to depend on largely time-independent characteristics of the navigation signals that are not easily spoofed, including the time difference of arrival, the envelope-to-cycle difference, the differential signal-to-noise, the signal envelope shape, and the directions of arrival of the navigation signal set.
Owner:SANDFORD UNIV +1

Systems and methods for key generation in wireless communication systems

A system and a method for providing a secure wireless ad-hoc network in a wireless communication system having at least two transceivers coupled by a wireless transmission link are disclosed. The method includes receiving a data transmission at a first transceiver from a second transceiver, wherein the data transmission identifies a source of a signal in the data transmission and the signal is identified by a signal envelope; detecting a deep fade in the data transmission, wherein the first and second transceivers are configured to sample the source of the signal in the data transmission; determining whether the received signal exceeds a predetermined threshold for deep fades, wherein the predetermined threshold is preset by the first and second transceivers; generating a bit-string corresponding to each of the transceivers based on channel fading information relating to the wireless transmission link; and, using the bit-string, generating a key.
Owner:UNIV OF CONNECTICUT +1

Method for eliminating interference to blood oxygen saturation monitoring

InactiveCN102499694ASuppression of motion interferenceAccurate blood oxygen saturationDiagnostic recording/measuringSensorsAdaptive filtering algorithmTarget signal
A method for eliminating interference to blood oxygen saturation monitoring includes steps of digitally filtering acquired red light and infrared light PPG (photoplethysmography) signals, removing low-frequency interference signals in direct current components, computing accurate direct-current component value, computing PPG signal envelope curves to extract alternating-current components, separating signals relevant with interference and serving the same as reference signals to be subjected to self-adaptive filtering, eliminating movement interference generated from aliasing of frequency and target signals in the alternating-current components, computing to obtain the accurate PPG alternating-current component value, and finally computing the blood oxygen saturation after the interference is eliminated according to the Lambert-Beer's law. The method is capable of suppressing movement interference well and computing to obtain the accurate blood oxygen saturation value. By extracting the reference signals directly from the red light and infrared light PPG signals to realize self-adaptive filtering, the method is simple in construction, simple in algorithm and small in computing number, has no need of an extra device for providing reference signals, is free of multiple self-adaptive filtering, and facilitates miniaturization and portability of monitoring equipment.
Owner:INST OF FIELD OPERATION SURGERY NO 3 MILITARY MEDICL UNIV PLA

Adaptive piezoelectric actuator control system

Adaptive piezoelectric actuator control system, including:a power supply,a piezoelectric actuator,a driver driving the actuator,a signal generator providing a frequency signal to the driver,a user interface allowing user input of operating conditions,memory storing parameters of the actuator, andsystem control means controlling the power supply, driver generator and memory so operating frequency of the actuator is monitored and regulated,wherein the driver comprisestest means providing a test signal to the actuator,voltage measurement means measuring voltage applied to the actuator caused by the test signal and voltage applied to the actuator caused by the frequency signal,the system control means receiving a response signal in response to the test, and receiving voltages measured by the voltage measurement means, and comprising signal analysis means creating a response signal envelope and controlling the generator to generate a frequency signal corresponding to the envelope maximum.
Owner:APTAR FRANCE SAS

Systems and methods for key generation in wireless communication systems

A system and a method for providing a secure wireless ad-hoc network in a wireless communication system having at least two transceivers coupled by a wireless transmission link are disclosed. The method includes receiving a data transmission at a first transceiver from a second transceiver, wherein the data transmission identifies a source of a signal in the data transmission and the signal is identified by a signal envelope; detecting a deep fade in the data transmission, wherein the first and second transceivers are configured to sample the source of the signal in the data transmission; determining whether the received signal exceeds a predetermined threshold for deep fades, wherein the predetermined threshold is preset by the first and second transceivers; generating a bit-string corresponding to each of the transceivers based on channel fading information relating to the wireless transmission link; and, using the bit-string, generating a key.
Owner:UNIV OF CONNECTICUT +1

Dispersion compensation method for broadband light source

The invention discloses a dispersion compensation method for a broadband light source. A polarization-preserving fiber polarization coupling testing system based on a Michelson interferometer is formed by the broadband light source, and the Michelson interferometer compensates the optical path difference between an excitation mode and a coupling mode in the polarization-preserving fiber, and a detector acquires an interference signal; specifically, the method comprises the following steps of: intercepting the initial data acquired by the detector through a window function, and taking out the interference data Imain between the excitation modes and the interference data Icoupling between the excitation mode and the coupling mode; respectively executing Hilbert transformation and Gaussian fitting on the Imain and the Icoupling, obtaining envelopes (I)main and (I)coupling of the interference signal, getting a birefringence dispersion coefficient Delta D according to a ratio Eta of the width of the (I)main to the width of the (I)coupling at a 1 / e part, obtaining a phase factor needed for the dispersion compensation, and then multiplying the phase factor by a nonlinear frequency spectrum function with dispersion information to eliminate nonlinear phase items causing the widening of the interference signal envelopes; and finally, obtaining the dispersion compensated interference signal Icomp by executing Fourier inversion on the obtained linear frequency spectrum function.
Owner:TIANJIN UNIV

Method and apparatus for providing multi-point position demodulation of a read head when using spiral-written servo information

The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for providing multi-point position demodulation of a read head when using spiral-written servo information. In one embodiment, a disk surface has spiral servo information written thereon. A read head generates a read signal envelope when reading the spiral servo information. A read signal envelope is detected within an integration window and integration values are accumulated over the integration window. The accumulated integration values are multiplied by a first number associated with a first integrator value and a second number associated with a second integrator value. A first position error signal associated with the first integrator value is determined, and a second position error signal associated with the second integrator value is also determined. A final position error signal is determined using the first position error signal and the second position error signal.
Owner:MAXTOR

Method for binary coding of quantization indices of a signal envelope, method for decoding a signal envelope and corresponding coding and decoding modules

The invention concerns a module (402) for binary coding of a signal envelope, comprising a coding module (502) of a first variable length mode. According to the invention, the coding module of a first mode incorporates an envelope saturation detector and said coding module (402) also comprises a second coding module (503) of a second mode, arranged parallel to the coding module (502) of the first mode, and a mode selector (504) capable of maintaining one of the two coding modes, based on a code length criterion and on the result derived from the envelope saturation detector. The invention is applicable to coding by audiofrequency signal transform.
Owner:FRANCE TELECOM SA

Transmitter with an envelope tracking power amplifier utilizing digital predistortion of the signal envelope

A transmitter comprises an amplifier operable for receiving an input signal and amplifying the input signal to produce an output signal. A power supply is coupled to the amplifier for supplying power to the amplifier, the power supply operable for tracking the input signal and varying the level of power supplied to the amplifier in response to variation of the input signal. A predistortion circuit is coupled to the power supply, the predistortion circuit operable for receiving the input signal and predistorting the input signal to the power supply for addressing input signal tracking capabilities of the power supply.
Owner:ANDREW LLC

Low-altitude target detection method based on multi-frequency point echo amplitude reversed order statistics

The invention discloses a low-altitude target detection method based on multi-frequency point echo amplitude reversed order statistics. The low-altitude target detection method based on the multi-frequency point echo amplitude reversed order statistics mainly solves the problem that low-altitude target detection performance in the prior art is poor in multi-path environment. The low-altitude target detection method includes: 1) performing matched filtering and linear detection on multi-frequency point echo signals received by a radar, and outputting signal envelope; 2) selecting detection units and reference units from the signal envelope; 3) performing reversed order arrangement on the detection units to obtain a group of reversed order data; 4) evaluating reflection coefficient, and calculating an optimal K value; 5) utilizing the optimal K value and the reversed order data to calculate detection amount of the echo signals; 6) utilizing reference unit data to evaluate clutter amplitude through a unit average method; 7) calculating a detection threshold coefficient; 8) utilizing the clutter amplitude and the threshold coefficient to obtain a detection threshold of the echo signals; and 9) comparing the detection value to the detection threshold, and judging whether a target exist. The low-altitude target detection method based on the multi-frequency point echo amplitude reversed order statistics is high in detection performance at low signal-to-clutter ratio and improves radar detection capacity of the low-altitude target.
Owner:XIDIAN UNIV
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