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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8073398 | Method and apparatus for adaptive channel utilisation A transceiver with an adaptable filter and a method of controlling the settings of the filter to adapt to local channel assignments and usage are provided. The adaptable filter is connected in at least one of the transmitter path and the receiver path of the transce... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7949308 | Tuneable filter A radio receiver comprising: a frequency shifter for receiving a radio frequency signal including a wanted signal in a first frequency band and an interferer in a second frequency band overlapping the first frequency band, and for frequency shifting the radio freque... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949309 | Antenna system for use within a wireless communication device An antenna system includes an antenna, a transmission line, an inductor module, a tunable capacitor module, and control logic. The transmission line is coupled to the antenna and to the inductor module. The tunable capacitor module is coupled to the transmission lin... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945218 | Method and system for tuning quality factor in high-Q, high-frequency filters A method for tuning quality factor (Q) in a high-Q, high-frequency filter is provided that includes filtering an input signal to generate a filtered signal. The input signal comprises a specified frequency. The filtered signal comprises an actual phase shift with re... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7817965 | Scanner with auxiliary non-volatile memory A radio receiver having a plurality of features programmable by a user, the data relating to the programmable features defining a set-up configuration. The radio receiver includes a housing and an auxiliary memory disposed within the housing which stores a plurality... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7787829 | Method and apparatus for tuning a radio receiver with a radio transmitter Wireless devices transmit and receive radio signals based upon reference frequencies that are generated by reference frequency circuits. If the reference frequency in the transmitter is different from the reference frequency in the receiver, the radio signals may no... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7773955 | Radio frequency unit analog level detector and feedback control system A Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver includes a baseband processor, a receiver section, and a transmitter section. The receiver section communicatively couples to the baseband processor and includes a plurality of tuned RF circuits. The transmitter section communicati... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7764932 | Antenna system for use within a wireless communication device An antenna system includes an antenna, a transmission line, an inductor module, a tunable capacitor module, and control logic. The transmission line is coupled to the antenna and to the inductor module. The tunable capacitor module is coupled to the transmission lin... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7623831 | Wireless communication device interconnectivity A wireless communication device that is attached or included in an electronic object, such as a portable computer, having its own separate communication system. The separate communication system has an antenna for receiving and transmitting wireless communications, ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7587175 | Radio frequency unit analog level detector and feedback control system A Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver includes a baseband processor, a receiver section, and a transmitter section. The receiver section communicatively couples to the baseband processor and includes a plurality of tuned RF circuits. The transmitter section communicati... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7437159 | Method and system for overcoming pilot pollution in a wireless communications network An apparatus and method for overcoming pilot pollution in a wireless communications network. The apparatus boosts a preferred pilot signal within a geographical area that is suffering from pilot pollution. The boosted pilot signal is stronger than the pollution in t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426373 | Electrically tuned resonance circuit using piezo and magnetostrictive materials An impedance tuning system, especially for a cellular telephone system. The system can be used to match the impedance of an antenna element with that of an output stage of a transmitter driving the antenna element. The system includes a piezo capacitor in parallel w... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7403756 | Highly-integrated MEMS-based miniaturized transceiver The present invention is directed to a highly-integrated MEMS-based miniaturized transceiver. The transceiver utilizes a low band front-end to direct sample low band signals and a high band front-end to translate high band signals that cannot be directly sampled to ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403122 | RFID tag circuits operable at different speeds Embodiments of RFID tag circuits and methods are described, which include a chip having a clock circuit operable to generate a clock signal having different frequencies, and one or more components operable to work at the different frequencies. In addition to a regul... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403747 | Tuning a station A method of tuning a station is disclosed, wherein a first pilot signal is applied on a circuit of the station and the resulting output power of the signal circuit is subsequently detected. A second pilot signal is then applied to the circuit and the resulting outpu... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398540 | System and method for tuning channels using a central point of control Systems and methods for tuning channels within a home entertain system by connecting multiple consumer electronics devices to a central electronics device with an internal tuner. The consumer electronics devices are connected in a hub and spoke configuration, with e... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395031 | Mobile device and method for receiving and processing program-accompanying data Mobile device (3) and method for receiving and processing program-accompanying digital data, which are transmitted by a radio transmitter (1), for example a DAB transmitter, and of which at least certain comprise location parameters. The mobile device ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7373113 | Frequency generation apparatus and method for data transmission A reference frequency generation method and apparatus for communication systems that transmit and receive data by use of an ultra wide band of at least two frequency groups having at least two reference frequencies. The method and apparatus generate the reference fr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366489 | Mobile communication apparatus A transceiver suitable for larger scale of integration employs direct conversion reception for reducing the number of filters. Also, the number of VCOs is reduced by utilizing dividers to supply a receiver and a transmitter with locally oscillated signals at an RF b... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366486 | System and method for coarse/fine PLL adjustment An integrated receiver with channel selection and image rejection substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described. A receiver front end provides programable attenuation and a programable gain low noise amplifier. Frequency conversion circu... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363010 | Power control for intermittently active data channels in a wireless communication system Techniques for controlling transmit power for a data transmission sent on multiple data channels, which may be intermittently active, are described. Each data channel is monitored for activity (e.g., based on an error correction code, received signaling information,... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358908 | System and method for regulating antenna electrical length A system and method are provided for regulating the electrical length of an antenna. The method comprises: communicating transmission line signals at a predetermined frequency between a transceiver and an antenna; sensing transmission line signals; and, modifying th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359684 | Wireless communication system with variable intermediate frequency transmitter A wireless communication device (UST), comprising an input for receiving baseband data (I, Q) in a first signal having a first frequency. The device also comprises circuitry (681, 682) for increasing the first frequency, to form a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7340249 | Use of radio data service (RDS) information to automatically access a service provider Wireless terminals such as mobile phones which provide cellular communications for example for telephony and short message service (SMS) are well known and more recently such terminals are also able to provide FM radio reception. RDS information received at such a t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340280 | Method of configuring base station, and base station A base station and a method of configuring a base station are provided in a cellular telecommunication system, wherein the base station comprises an electrically tunable duplex filter with a tuning range covering at least two parallel sub-bands used in the telecommu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339446 | Tunable resonator with MEMS element According to an embodiment of the present invention, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) element tunes a resonator to a frequency. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325180 | System and method to test integrated circuits on a wafer A system to test integrated circuits on a wafer may include a transceiver formed on the wafer. The system may also include an antenna system couplable to the transceiver. The transceiver may be formed in one of a scribe line on the wafer, a chip on the wafer or on a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324948 | Context-specific contact information A method of selecting contact information is disclosed. In the method, a signal corresponding to a source document is received and analyzed to determine a referenced entity. A data base of contact information and related contact entities is provided and searched to ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319863 | Method and system for providing an opinion and aggregating opinions with mobile telecommunication device A mobile device (620) provides an opinion system (600) for receiving opinions from a user and displaying results relating to the received opinion. Opinion user interface elements (621-622) receive input relating to the item of the opinion... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313365 | Management of digital wireless connections Systems and methods are provided for processing a digital only call origination request. When the digital call is released, a wireless communication device does not scan for a more preferred communication system, even if the wireless communication device has acquire... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310505 | Attenuation control for tuners A tuner includes an RF input with a signal level controller such as an attenuator that is provided to attenuate a signal from the RF input. A tunable RF filter provides RF band limiting and determines simultaneously the AGC bandwidth. An amplifier with resistive fee... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301404 | Method and apparatus for transceiver frequency synthesis A method and apparatus for frequency synthesis in a transceiver are based on providing a primary frequency synthesizer configured to synthesize a receiver frequency signal from a receiver reference frequency signal, and providing an offset frequency synthesizer conf... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283796 | Electronic tuning system An electronic tuning system includes an electronic tuner for adjusting the predetermined control voltage of a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) to tune the local frequency signal to radio waves on an arbitrary channel in accordance with channel selection informati... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280807 | Initiator device capable of two-way half-duplex communication with multiple recipient devices An initiator transceiver for operating in a two-way half-duplex communication mode with multiple recipient transceivers. The transceivers includes a body having a cavity and a control device, positioned within the cavity, for receiving a recipient identification cod... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271665 | Method and apparatus for transceiver frequency synthesis A method and apparatus for frequency synthesis in a transceiver are based on providing a primary frequency synthesizer configured to synthesize a receiver frequency signal from a receiver reference frequency signal, and providing an offset frequency synthesizer conf... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272373 | Ratiometric clock systems for integrated receivers and associated methods A ratiometric clock system for an integrated receiver and associated method are disclosed that provide an advantageous solution for combining digital signal processing (DSP) circuitry on the same integrated circuit as mixer and local oscillator (LO) generation circu... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269484 | Vehicular touch switches with adaptive tactile and audible feedback A manual control system for a vehicle includes a touch sensitive input element actuatable in response to proximity of a user's appendage. A tactile feedback generator produces a perceptible tactile stimulus. An audible feedback generator produces a perceptible audib... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266352 | Multiple band RF transmitters and receivers having independently variable RF and IF local oscillators and independent high-side and low-side RF local oscillators Multistage RF transmitter and receiver circuits may use independently variable RF and IF local oscillators, allowing the RF and IF local oscillator frequencies for a given RF channel to be selected to have a large common factor with respect to the reference oscillat... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263336 | Device, system and method to provide different bias voltages and common tuning voltage In some embodiments of the present invention, multiple voltage controlled capacitor branches may be employed in a tuning circuit. Each of the multiple voltage controlled capacitors branches may be set to somewhat apart resonance frequency so that a composite resonan... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263338 | Device and method for regulating a transmission moment of a continuous transmission signal A comparator unit is used to compare an actual transmission time signal with a nominal transmission time signal and to produce a difference signal from the discrepancy, from which difference signal a correction signal is produced in a control unit. This correction s... | 08/28/2007 |
