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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080159364 | IC antenna structures and applications thereof An integrated circuit (IC) includes a package substrate, a die, and a plurality of antenna structures. The die includes a radio frequency (RF) transceiver and a control module, wherein the RF transceiver processes inbound and outbound RF signals. The control module enab... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080132179 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION TERMINAL A communication terminal includes a base station antenna and the like, a measurement unit, a key operation unit, a memory, and a transmission control unit. The measurement unit acquires element information from a radio wave. A message is entered at the key operation uni... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080113628 | Methods and apparatus to provide an auxiliary receive path to support transmitter functions Methods and apparatus to provide an auxiliary receive path to support transmitter functions are disclosed. An example transceiver includes an antenna and a duplexer coupled to the antenna. A transmitter is coupled to the duplexer to output a transmit signal at a transmi... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080009246 | WIRELESS CONNECTION METHOD BETWEEN PERSONALIZED DEVICES IN UBIQUITOUS ENVIRONMENT, PERSONALIZED DEVICE, AND WIRELESS CONNECTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME A method for connecting personalized devices through a wireless link, a personalized device, and a wireless connection system using the same are provided. In the method, wireless connection information of a plurality of coordinator devices connected to a personalized de... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080002788 | Local oscillator incorporating phase command exception handling utilizing a quadrature switch A novel and useful apparatus for and method of local oscillator generation employing an exception handling mechanism that permits an oscillator having a limited modulation range to handle the large modulation ranges demanded by modern wideband wireless standards such as... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20080001716 | Method and Apparatus for Dynamically-Tuned Communication with One Among Myriad Tags An area-reading antenna (in RF linkage with myriad RF tags) is dynamically tuned. It may be dynamically tuned as to its transmission of a power/clock field, or dynamically tuned as to its transmission of a data signal, or dynamically tuned as to its reception of a data ... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070296548 | Resonant circuit tuning system using magnetic field coupled reactive elements A resonant circuit tuning system and a method for tuning are provided. The resonant circuit tuning system may include an LCR circuit and a reactive element magnetically coupled to the LCR circuit.... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070298728 | Wireless Communication Apparatus and Wireless Communication Method A wireless communication apparatus wherein the data amount of feedback information can be reduced, while a high throughput being maintained. In this apparatus, a CSI (Channel State Information) processing part (38) generates a CSI frame based on an SNR (Signal po... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070207745 | Digital Radio Communication Device It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved digital radio communication device capable of performing a tuning in response to a change in a reception state so as to ensure an acceptable reception quality. The digital radio communication device compris... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070155343 | System and method for tuning a frequency synthesizer An apparatus for generating an output signal having a particular frequency includes an oscillator, a first tuning module, and a second tuning module. The oscillator generates an output signal associated with an output frequency. When coupled to the oscillator, the first... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070042723 | Mobile terminal apparatus and broadcast receiving method A mobile terminal apparatus is disclosed which includes: a tuner device configured to perform frequency conversion upon selecting a signal on a desired channel from a receiver signal derived from a received broadcast signal; a communication device configured to conduct ... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20060246848 | System and method for dynamic impedance tuning to minimize return loss A system for tuning an impedance at a node comprises a first component associated with a first impedance when the first component is operating and a second impedance when the first component is not operating. The system further comprises a second component coupled to th... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060246849 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING ANTENNA ELECTRICAL LENGTH Exemplary systems and methods are disclosed for regulating the electrical length of an antenna. An exemplary method comprises transmitting communication signals over a transmission line at a predetermined frequency between a transceiver and an antenna, and with sufficie... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060063493 | Integrated radio frequency filters for multiband transceivers A system and method integrates signal filters in a multiband transceiver. A preferred embodiment comprises an amplifier with a first tunable capacitor coupled to a signal input and a tunable filter. The tunable filter comprises an input stage with a first pair of induct... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060030277 | Programmable radio transceiver A fully integrated, programmable mixed-signal transceiver comprising a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) which is frequency and protocol agnostic with digital inputs and outputs, the transceiver being programmable and configurable for multiple radio frequency ba... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20060030276 | Cellular mobile communication network operating method and system A cellular mobile communication network operating method comprises a step of calculating at least one adjustment frequency parameter representative of the adjustment frequency of at least one radio parameter associated with at least one network object and a step of usin... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20050260951 | Tunable superconducting RF cavity Tunable RF cavity. The cavity includes a magnetostrictive material coupled to the cavity and a magnetic coil configured to impress a magnetic field on the magnetostrictive material. Control circuitry energizes the magnetic coil to control the shape of the magnetostricti... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050164647 | Apparatus and method capable of utilizing a tunable antenna-duplexer combination An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, an apparatus, comprising a tunable duplexer incorporating at least two separate antennas. The tunable duplexer may be a high-band tunable duplexer or low-band tunable duplexer, although not limited to specifi... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050130601 | Methods and apparatus for tuning in an inductive system Electronic circuitry supports utilization of a series of pulses of varying width to tune a transducer (e.g., a coil that produces or receives a magnetic field) for transmitting or receiving. For example, a control voltage generator generates a sequence of digital pulses... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050107041 | Multi-net A high frequency radio transceiver able to communicate on at least a first high frequency and a second high frequency, wherein said first high frequency is dedicated to a first telecommunication net and said second high frequency is dedicated to a second telecommunicati... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050018633 | Method and apparatus for providing a service threshold indicator in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for a wireless communication system having a plurality of terminals is provided. At least one quality requirement defining a minimum quality of communication service threshold for receiving information by at least one terminal over a communication... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050020222 | Apparatuses and methods for tuning a frequency conversion device and processing a signal An apparatus for tuning a frequency conversion device. The apparatus has a channel identifier, a channel cross-referencer, and a frequency conversion device tuner. The channel identifier is configured to identify a first channel to which a receiver is tuned. The channel... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050009472 | Electronically tunable quad-band antennas for handset applications An electronically tunable quad-band antenna which includes a tunable high band antenna tuned by at least one tunable varactor associated therewith; the tunable high band antenna further includes a substrate, a patch element on said substrate, at least one voltage tunabl... | 01/13/2005 |